Rails - May 2008 - Require factory fails if I am not using rake to run tests

I am trying to reuse some code from a Rails 1.2.6 app in edge rails.
In the old app, I can run all my tests with ''rake'' or I can
run
individual tests using ''ruby
test/functionals/foo_controller_test.rb''.
But in my edge rails app, I have to use ''rake''. If I try to
run
individual tests, I get the error below. How can include my factory
module in a way that lets me run tests via rake AND individually with
''ruby $filename''?

/usr/bin/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
`gem_original_require'': no such file to load -- factory
(MissingSourceFile)
        from
/usr/bin/ruby/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/rubygems/custom_require.rb:27:in
`require''
        from
/rails/cms/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/../../activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:495:in
`require''
        from
/rails/cms/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/../../activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:342:in
`new_constants_in''
        from
/rails/cms/vendor/rails/activerecord/lib/../../activesupport/lib/active_support/dependencies.rb:495:in
`require''
        from ./test/unit/../test_helper.rb:5
        from test/unit/user_test.rb:1

The desired Factory module is in test/factory.rb - right next to
test_helper.rb. The offending includes are:

From test/unit/user_test.rb

  require File.dirname(__FILE__) + ''/../test_helper''
  class UserTest < Test::Unit::TestCase

From tests/test_helper.rb

  ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = "test"
  require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) +
"/../config/environment")
  require ''test_help''
  require ''factory''
  class Test::Unit::TestCase

And test/factory.rb starts

  module Factory ..


-- 
Cynthia

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Cynthia Kiser wrote:
>   require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) +
"/../config/environment")
>   require ''test_help''
>   require ''factory''
I thought newer Railses reduced their file lookup paths. Use the 
dirname(__FILE__) trick you see right above your factory!

 >   require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) +
"/../factory.rb")

Alternately, use RAILS_ROOT, because environment.rb sets that.

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Phlip wrote:
> Cynthia Kiser wrote:
> 
>>   require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) +
"/../config/environment")
>>   require ''test_help''
>>   require ''factory''
> 
> I thought newer Railses reduced their file lookup paths. Use the
> dirname(__FILE__) trick you see right above your factory!
> 
>  >   require File.expand_path(File.dirname(__FILE__) +
"/../factory.rb")
> 
> Alternately, use RAILS_ROOT, because environment.rb sets that.
> 
> --
>    Phlip
Why does it fail to find ''factory.rb'', though? 
Shouldn''t a ''require'',
written in file A, find a co-located file B, regardless of the loadpath?

It may be desirable to avoid the RAILS_ROOT and __FILE__ versions of 
''require'' to avoid loading the file multiple times,
unnecessarily.  For
example, you might get warnings about ''redefined'' constants.
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