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rails/gerbil/spec/spec_helper.rb

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+# This file is copied to spec/ when you run 'rails generate rspec:install'
+ENV["RAILS_ENV"] ||= 'test'
+require File.expand_path("../../config/environment", __FILE__)
+require 'rspec/rails'
+require 'rspec/autorun'
+
+# Requires supporting ruby files with custom matchers and macros, etc,
+# in spec/support/ and its subdirectories.
+Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/support/**/*.rb")].each {|f| require f}
+
+RSpec.configure do |config|
+  # == Mock Framework
+  #
+  # If you prefer to use mocha, flexmock or RR, uncomment the appropriate line:
+  #
+  # config.mock_with :mocha
+  # config.mock_with :flexmock
+  # config.mock_with :rr
+  config.mock_with :rspec
+
+  # Remove this line if you're not using ActiveRecord or ActiveRecord fixtures
+  config.fixture_path = "#{::Rails.root}/spec/fixtures"
+
+  # If you're not using ActiveRecord, or you'd prefer not to run each of your
+  # examples within a transaction, remove the following line or assign false
+  # instead of true.
+  config.use_transactional_fixtures = true
+
+  # If true, the base class of anonymous controllers will be inferred
+  # automatically. This will be the default behavior in future versions of
+  # rspec-rails.
+  config.infer_base_class_for_anonymous_controllers = false
+end