#tmux #testing #rake #vim

.bashrc

# Infinitely do something, wait half a second between iterations
infdo () {
  while true; do
    $@
    echo "restarting $@..."
    sleep 0.5
  done
}

README.md

Open a tmux session with two windows

0:test - Window for running tests
1:editor - Window for your editor of choice

Enter test command in the test window

infdo bundle exec rake test

Change some files in the editor and then press Ctrl+b v to automatically start tests and switch to test window

tmux.conf

bind v \
  send-keys -t 'test' "c-m" \;\
  select-window -t 'test'