Collection of files I like to have in new ruby projects

.rspec

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.rvmrc

Gemfile

source :rubygems

gem 'rspec'
gem 'watchr'

Rakefile

require 'rspec/core/rake_task'

task :default => :spec

RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec)

desc "Run RSpec with watchr"
task :watch do
  sh %{bundle exec watchr spec/spec_watchr.rb}
end

spec_watchr.rb

# Run me with:
#
#   $ watchr spec/specs_watchr.rb

# --------------------------------------------------
# Convenience Methods
# --------------------------------------------------
def all_spec_files
  Dir['spec/**/*_spec.rb']
end

def run_spec_matching(thing_to_match)
  matches = all_spec_files.grep(/#{thing_to_match}/i)
  if matches.empty?
    puts "There were no matches for #{thing_to_match}"
  else
    run matches.join(' ')
  end
end

def run(files_to_run)
  puts("Running: #{files_to_run}")
  system("clear;rspec -cfs #{files_to_run}")
  no_int_for_you
end

def run_all_specs
  run(all_spec_files.join(' '))
end

# --------------------------------------------------
# Watchr Rules
# --------------------------------------------------
watch('^spec/(.*)_spec\.rb')   { |m| run_spec_matching(m[1]) }
watch('^lib/(.*)\.rb')         { |m| run_spec_matching(m[1]) }
watch('^spec/spec_helper\.rb') { run_all_specs }

# --------------------------------------------------
# Signal Handling
# --------------------------------------------------
def no_int_for_you
  @sent_an_int = nil
end

Signal.trap 'INT' do
  if @sent_an_int then
    puts "   Shutting down now."
    exit
  else
    puts "   Interrupt a second time to quit."
    @sent_an_int = true
    Kernel.sleep 1.5
    run_all_specs
  end
end