Disable rspec verbosity

gistfile1.rb

# Turn off rspec verbosity, so that the 
# resultant rspec command, and all the 
# spec names, are not echoed to stdout.
# See http://bit.ly/MoOoB3  -Jared 2012-07-19
if defined? RSpec
  task(:spec).clear
  RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec) do |t|
    t.verbose = false
  end
end

This has a critical flaw: any dependencies of the task are lost when it is cleared. To preserve the dependencies (such as setting up the DB in Rails), use:

if defined? RSpec
  prereqs = Rake::Task[:spec].prerequisites
  task(:spec).clear
  RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new(:spec => prereqs) do |t|
    t.verbose = false
  end
end

To preserve the dependencies ...

Thanks Daniel!