running-specs

name	running-specs
description	Run RSpec tests in the sweeparoundus Docker environment. Use when running specs, tests, rspec, or any test suite commands in this project.

Running Specs

Docker Environment

This project runs in Docker via docker compose. The .env file sets RAILS_ENV=development, which overrides the ENV['RAILS_ENV'] ||= 'test' in rails_helper.rb. You must pass -e RAILS_ENV=test to avoid running specs against the development database.

Command

docker compose run --rm -e RAILS_ENV=test app bundle exec rspec <spec files/dirs>

Examples

Run a single spec file:

docker compose run --rm -e RAILS_ENV=test app bundle exec rspec spec/models/area_spec.rb

Run all specs:

docker compose run --rm -e RAILS_ENV=test app bundle exec rspec

Resetting the Test Database

If you hit stale-data or schema errors, reset the test DB first:

docker compose run --rm app bash -c 'RAILS_ENV=test bundle exec rails db:drop db:create db:schema:load'

Common Pitfall

Never omit -e RAILS_ENV=test. Without it, specs silently connect to the development database, causing factory uniqueness violations from seeded data.