Guard-spork not loading models

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1

I’m having a problem where it seems like guard-sport isn’t loading models.

After starting spork and running rake I get this error:
uninitialized constant Searcher

If I disable spork then all my tests pass.

Here is the output from starting guard:
13:28:51 - INFO - Guard is using TerminalTitle to send notifications.
13:28:51 - INFO - Starting Spork for RSpec
Using RSpec
Preloading Rails environment
Loading Spork.prefork block…
Spork is ready and listening on 8989!
13:28:54 - INFO - Spork server for RSpec successfully started

13:28:54 - INFO - Guard is now watching at ‘/Users/nicolo/projects/test-driven-rails/hashtag’
[1] guard(main)>

here is spec_helper file:

require 'rubygems'
require 'spork'
#uncomment the following line to use spork with the debugger
#require 'spork/ext/ruby-debug'

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|
    config.mock_with :mocha
    config.fixture_path = "#{::Rails.root}/spec/fixtures"

    config.use_transactional_fixtures = true
    config.infer_base_class_for_anonymous_controllers = false
    config.order = "random"
  end

end

Spork.each_run do
  Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/support/**/*.rb")].each { |f| require f }
end
2

what about the GuardFile?

3

Guard file

guard 'spork', :cucumber_env => { 'RAILS_ENV' => 'test' }, :rspec_env => { 'RAILS_ENV' => 'test' } do
  watch('config/application.rb')
  watch('config/routes.rb')
  watch('config/environment.rb')
  watch('config/environments/test.rb')
  watch(%r{^config/initializers/.+\.rb$})
  watch('Gemfile.lock')
  watch('spec/spec_helper.rb') { :rspec }
  watch('test/test_helper.rb') { :test_unit }
  watch(%r{features/support/}) { :cucumber }
end
4

use this

require 'active_support/inflector'

guard 'spork', :cucumber_env => { 'RAILS_ENV' => 'test' },
               :rspec_env    => { 'RAILS_ENV' => 'test' } do
  watch('config/application.rb')
  watch('config/environment.rb')
  watch('config/environments/test.rb')
  watch(%r{^config/initializers/.+\.rb$})
  watch('Gemfile')
  watch('Gemfile.lock')
  watch('spec/spec_helper.rb') { :rspec }
  watch('test/test_helper.rb') { :test_unit }
  watch(%r{features/support/}) { :cucumber }
end

guard 'rspec', all_after_pass: false, cli: '--drb' do
  watch(%r{^spec/.+_spec\.rb$})
  watch(%r{^lib/(.+)\.rb$})     { |m| "spec/lib/#{m[1]}_spec.rb" }
  watch('spec/spec_helper.rb')  { "spec" }

  # Rails example
  watch(%r{^app/(.+)\.rb$})                           { |m| "spec/#{m[1]}_spec.rb" }
  watch(%r{^app/(.*)(\.erb|\.haml)$})                 { |m| "spec/#{m[1]}#{m[2]}_spec.rb" }
  watch(%r{^app/controllers/(.+)_(controller)\.rb$})  { |m| ["spec/routing/#{m[1]}_routing_spec.rb", "spec/#{m[2]}s/#{m[1]}_#{m[2]}_spec.rb", "spec/acceptance/#{m[1]}_spec.rb"] }
  watch(%r{^spec/support/(.+)\.rb$})                  { "spec" }
  watch('config/routes.rb')                           { "spec/routing" }
  watch('app/controllers/application_controller.rb')  { "spec/controllers" }

  # Capybara features specs
  watch(%r{^app/views/(.+)/.*\.(erb|haml)$})          { |m| "spec/features/#{m[1]}_spec.rb" }

  # Turnip features and steps
  watch(%r{^spec/acceptance/(.+)\.feature$})
  watch(%r{^spec/acceptance/steps/(.+)_steps\.rb$})   { |m| Dir[File.join("**/#{m[1]}.feature")][0] || 'spec/acceptance' }
end
5

this is my spec_helper

require 'rubygems'
require 'spork'

Spork.prefork do
  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}

  # Checks for pending migrations before tests are run.
  # If you are not using ActiveRecord, you can remove this line.
  ActiveRecord::Migration.check_pending! if defined?(ActiveRecord::Migration)

  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

    # 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

    config.include FactoryGirl::Syntax::Methods
    config.infer_base_class_for_anonymous_controllers = false

    # Run specs in random order to surface order dependencies. If you find an
    # order dependency and want to debug it, you can fix the order by providing
    # the seed, which is printed after each run.
    #     --seed 1234
    config.order = "random"
    config.include Capybara::DSL
  end
end

Spork.each_run do
  # This code will be run each time you run your specs.

end
6

Getting multiple errors while trying to use your files. Like

Could not load ‘guard/rspec’ or find class Guard::Rspec

What is wrong with my files? Just trying to use your files looks like it’s causing a lot more problems.

7

Add or replace this to your gem file

group :development,:test do
  gem 'guard-rspec'
  gem 'spork-rails', '4.0.0'
  gem 'guard-spork', '1.5.0'
  gem 'childprocess', '0.3.6'
  gem 'factory_girl_rails'
end
8

Is there a reason why I need a gem file different than in the lesson?

9

I think in the lesson if you change a model or a controller the guard does run the spec for the corresponding file. Whereas my files autorun the specs for each change you do to a file which speeds up the process so that you dont have to run the specs yourself each time.

10

There is no different gem I am using.

11

That’s not really addressing the problem I’m having. I’m getting a failure with the basic setup instructed. I’m not looking to add additional complexity.

12

Are you adding Searcher class to the RSpec config?
Sorry I did not read your error message.

13

There is no Guardfile in the hashtag tutorial though,

I cant even get the right github project. The above project also does not exist.

14

What Rails version are you using? I’m using Rails 4 and had to use the following fork/branch of guard-spork to get the right version of spork working:

gem 'guard-spork', github: 'elasticad/guard-spork', branch: 'uptodate-gem-versions'
15

I’m using rails 3.2.16