Question

When I run a spec file (rspec spec/models/user_spec.rb) it prints something like 12 examples, 2 failures, 3 pending.

What’s the fastest way to get the 12 examples part of it? (without running the spec)

Answer 1

I have found a way to do this and involves the following snippet being add to spec/spec_helper.rb:

if ENV['COUNT']
  class RSpec::Core::Example
    def pending; true; end
  end
end

This way when I do:

COUNT=true rspec spec/controller/posts_controller_spec.rb

it assumes all the spec examples are pending and returns:

80 examples, 80 pending

Of course there is a problem. It doesn’t account for all the really pending spec examples but I think it is a good enough solution.