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Asked: May 26, 20262026-05-26T23:25:06+00:00 2026-05-26T23:25:06+00:00

I use spork with Guard + Rspec but the debugger doesn’t work as expected:

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I use spork with Guard + Rspec but the debugger doesn’t work as expected:

  • I added require 'spork/ext/ruby-debug' just after the require 'spork'

  • it properly stops on debugger breakpoints…

  • … but I can’t access irb, it spits: Command is available only in local mode.

Do you know how to get around this?

Thanks,


PS: of course I read this question but it’s a bit outdated and doesn’t work.

PS2: I’d like to avoid using this.

PS3: : I also posted this as an issue here.

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    2026-05-26T23:25:07+00:00Added an answer on May 26, 2026 at 11:25 pm

    Consider using pry, it is so much more awesome. I include it in my spec_helper file (works with Test::Unit too) and can do binding.pry within my tests to essentially pry into objects. Works fine with Guard/Spork/RSpec/Cucumber/Spinach for me.

    Pry has long since replaced IRB as my default REPL.

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