Using spork with watchr and all that jazz... though still not feeling like the tests are "blazingly fast" (sigh)

rails/gerbil/.rspec

@@ -1 +1 @@
---colour
+--colour --drb

rails/gerbil/Gemfile

@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@ group :development, :test do
   gem 'rspec-rails'
   gem 'watchr'
   gem 'rev'
-  gem 'spork'
+  gem 'spork', '~> 0.9.0.rc'
 end

rails/gerbil/Gemfile.lock

@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ GEM
       sass (>= 3.1.4)
       sprockets (~> 2.0.0)
       tilt (~> 1.3.2)
+    spork (0.9.0.rc9)
     sprockets (2.0.3)
       hike (~> 1.2)
       rack (~> 1.0)
@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rev
   rspec-rails
   sass-rails (~> 3.1.4)
+  spork (~> 0.9.0.rc)
   sqlite3
   uglifier (>= 1.0.3)
   watchr

rails/gerbil/app/models/person.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 class Person < ActiveRecord::Base
-
 end

rails/gerbil/config/application.rb

@@ -50,5 +50,11 @@ module Gerbil
 
     # Version of your assets, change this if you want to expire all your assets
     config.assets.version = '1.0'
+
+    if Rails.env.test?
+      initializer :after => :initialize_dependency_mechanism do
+        ActiveSupport::Dependencies.mechanism = :load
+      end
+    end
   end
 end

rails/gerbil/config/environments/test.rb

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Gerbil::Application.configure do
   # test suite.  You never need to work with it otherwise.  Remember that
   # your test database is "scratch space" for the test suite and is wiped
   # and recreated between test runs.  Don't rely on the data there!
-  config.cache_classes = true
+  config.cache_classes = false
 
   # Configure static asset server for tests with Cache-Control for performance
   config.serve_static_assets = true

rails/gerbil/spec/spec_helper.rb

@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
-# 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'
+require 'spork'
 
-# 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}
+Spork.prefork do
+  # 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'
 
-RSpec.configure do |config|
+  # 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:
@@ -30,4 +33,12 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
     # automatically. This will be the default behavior in future versions of
     # rspec-rails.
     config.infer_base_class_for_anonymous_controllers = false
+
+    ActiveSupport::Dependencies.clear
+  end
+end
+
+Spork.each_run do
+  load Rails.root.join("config/routes.rb")
+  Dir[Rails.root.join("app/**/*.rb")].each { |f| load f }
 end