General purpose RSpec Rake tasks - useful for most projects.

spec.rake

require "rspec/core/rake_task"

namespace :spec do
  default_opts = ["--format progress", "--color"]

  desc "Run all specs"
  RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:all) do |t|
    t.rspec_opts = [*default_opts]
  end

  desc "Run all specs that should pass"
  RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:ok) do |t|
    t.rspec_opts = [*default_opts, "--tag ~wip"]
  end

  desc "Run specs that are being worked on"
  RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:wip) do |t|
    t.rspec_opts = [*default_opts, "--tag wip"]
  end

  desc "Run all specs and show the ten slowest examples"
  RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:profile) do |t|
    t.rspec_opts = [*default_opts, "--profile", "--tag ~wip"]
  end
end

desc "Alias for spec:ok"
task spec: "spec:ok"

spec_helper.rb

RSpec.configure do |c|
  c.treat_symbols_as_metadata_keys_with_true_values = true
end