rspec users - Feb 2009 - Using cucumber profiles with rake task

Hi,

Im trying to set up an environment where I am able to run different
cucumber profiles (webrat/selenium) in the same project.

I did manage to make them work using the cucumber command, so this
command works:
cucumber -p selenium features/done/items_selenium.feature

The problem I have is when I try to do the same thing using the rake
task. I followed the advice given on this thread
(http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/177404) and changed the rake task to
what is described below, but apparently the rake task does not consider
if you are passing a profile or not, and keeps requiring every file from
the features directory, generating some conflicts.

Cucumber::Rake::Task.new(:features) do |t|
  profile = ENV[''PROFILE''] || ''default''
  t.cucumber_opts = "-p #{profile} --format progress"
end


I did manage to make it work using this parameters in the rake task:

Cucumber::Rake::Task.new(:features) do |t|
  t.cucumber_opts = "--format progress"
  t.step_pattern
["features/webrat_steps/**/*.rb","features/support/webrat_env.rb"]
  t.feature_pattern = "features/**/*_webrat.feature"
end

but Im wondering if there is not a better way of doing this, reusing the
elements from the cucumber profile.

Am I missing something?

Regards,
Francisco
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On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Francisco Trindade
<lists at ruby-forum.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Im trying to set up an environment where I am able to run different
> cucumber profiles (webrat/selenium) in the same project.
>
> I did manage to make them work using the cucumber command, so this
> command works:
> cucumber -p selenium features/done/items_selenium.feature
>
> The problem I have is when I try to do the same thing using the rake
> task. I followed the advice given on this thread
> (http://www.ruby-forum.com/topic/177404) and changed the rake task to
> what is described below, but apparently the rake task does not consider
> if you are passing a profile or not, and keeps requiring every file from
> the features directory, generating some conflicts.
>
> Cucumber::Rake::Task.new(:features) do |t|
>  profile = ENV[''PROFILE''] || ''default''
>  t.cucumber_opts = "-p #{profile} --format progress"
> end
>
>
> I did manage to make it work using this parameters in the rake task:
>
> Cucumber::Rake::Task.new(:features) do |t|
>  t.cucumber_opts = "--format progress"
>  t.step_pattern >
["features/webrat_steps/**/*.rb","features/support/webrat_env.rb"]
>  t.feature_pattern = "features/**/*_webrat.feature"
> end
>
> but Im wondering if there is not a better way of doing this, reusing the
> elements from the cucumber profile.
>
> Am I missing something?
>
The Cucumber rake task doesn''t support profiles very well. There is a
ticket for this:

http://rspec.lighthouseapp.com/projects/16211/tickets/187-rake-task-support-cucumberyml-profiles

On the ticket Ben Mabey provided his current solution, which is to
clear out the feature list:

 Cucumber::Rake::Task.new(:selenium) do |t|
   ENV[''WEBRAT''] = ''selenium''
   t.cucumber_opts = "--profile selenium"
   t.feature_list = []
 end


-- 
Zach Dennis
http://www.continuousthinking.com
http://www.mutuallyhuman.com

Thanks, now it makes sense.

Regards,
Francisco


Zach Dennis wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2009 at 10:27 AM, Francisco Trindade
> <lists at ruby-forum.com> wrote:
>> task. I followed the advice given on this thread
>>
>> elements from the cucumber profile.
>>
>> Am I missing something?
>>
> 
> The Cucumber rake task doesn''t support profiles very well. There
is a
> ticket for this:
> 
>
http://rspec.lighthouseapp.com/projects/16211/tickets/187-rake-task-support-cucumberyml-profiles
> 
> On the ticket Ben Mabey provided his current solution, which is to
> clear out the feature list:
> 
>  Cucumber::Rake::Task.new(:selenium) do |t|
>    ENV[''WEBRAT''] = ''selenium''
>    t.cucumber_opts = "--profile selenium"
>    t.feature_list = []
>  end
> 
> 
> --
> Zach Dennis
> http://www.continuousthinking.com
> http://www.mutuallyhuman.com
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----- Original Message ----
> Message: 4
> Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:43:35 -0500
> From: Zach Dennis 
> The Cucumber rake task doesn''t support profiles very well. There
is a
> ticket for this:
> 
>
http://rspec.lighthouseapp.com/projects/16211/tickets/187-rake-task-support-cucumberyml-profiles
> 
> On the ticket Ben Mabey provided his current solution, which is to
> clear out the feature list:
> 
> Cucumber::Rake::Task.new(:selenium) do |t|
>    ENV[''WEBRAT''] = ''selenium''
>    t.cucumber_opts = "--profile selenium"
>    t.feature_list = []
> end
>
I just did this sort of thing, you also need to set t.step_list = [], else the
rake task will expand all steps in the features directories as well.

Forrest