Test Rake Tasks

Question

I am developing a ROR app that relies on many custom Rake tasks.

What is the best way to test them?

Answer 1

Something like:

  def execute_rake(file,task)
    require 'rake'
    rake = Rake::Application.new
    Rake.application = rake
    Rake::Task.define_task(:environment)
    load "#{Rails.root}/lib/tasks/#{file}"
    rake[task].invoke
  end

At your spec:

execute_rake("tags.rake","tags:popular")