Running ruby debug in rspec?

Question

I\'m trying to get Ruby debugger running in one of my specs:

describe User do
  it \"should be valid\" do
    debugger
    User.new.should be_valid
  end
end         


        

Answer 1

The best and cleanest option is to use --require in your .rspec file. What you put depends on which gem you use for debugging.

--color
--require pry
--require rails_helper

These correspond to command line options (-d or --debug is now deprecated).

Feel free to use debugger, ruby-debug or pry (pry-rails in your Gemfile).

For your Gemfile:

group :test, :development do
  gem 'pry-rails'
end

Putting require 'ruby-debug' etc. at the top of your spec is simply more tightly coupled -- especially since here the top voted comment suggests putting it individually in ALL your files. With the new .rspec file you shouldn't need to put require 'spec_helper' or require 'rails_helper' at the top of your files anymore.

They make more sense as implicit command line arguments.