rspec users - Sep 2010 - Conditional before() blocks in spec_helper based on metadata?

I have some tests that need to load my application''s seed data prior
to running, and others that don''t. It''s a well-defined set of
examples:

    describe "needs seed data", :needs_data => true do
       ...
    end

What can I put in my Rspec.configure { ... } block so that every test
which has ":needs_data => true" will invoke a particular
before(:each)
{ ... } block? Note that I still want every test to run; I just want
the :needs_data tests to get some special setup first.

~ jf

Look at this example for javascript pages: http://gist.github.com/518636.
I think you can do something like that.
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On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 10:45 AM, John Feminella <johnf at distb.net>
wrote:
> I have some tests that need to load my application''s seed data
prior
> to running, and others that don''t. It''s a well-defined
set of
> examples:
>
>    describe "needs seed data", :needs_data => true do
>       ...
>    end
>
> What can I put in my Rspec.configure { ... } block so that every test
> which has ":needs_data => true" will invoke a particular
before(:each)
> { ... } block? Note that I still want every test to run; I just want
> the :needs_data tests to get some special setup first.
>
> ~ jf
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