Guard::Cucumber

Guard::Cucumber allows to automatically run Cucumber features when files are modified.

  • Tested on Ruby 1.8.7 & 1.9.2.

Install

Please be sure to have guard installed before continue.

Install the gem:

gem install guard-cucumber

Add it to your Gemfile (inside test group):

gem 'guard-cucumber'

Add guard definition to your Guardfile by running this command:

guard init cucumber

Usage

Please read guard usage doc

Guardfile

Cucumber guard can be adapated to all kind of projects. Please read guard doc for more info about Guardfile DSL.

guard 'cucumber' do
  watch(%r{features/.+\.feature})
  watch(%r{features/support/.+})          { 'features' }
  watch(%r{features/step_definitions/.+}) { 'features' }
end

Options

There are several options you can pass to the Cucumber Guard to customize the arguments when calling Cucumber:

:color => false                        # Disable colored output
:drb => true                           # Enable Spork DRb server
:port => 1234                          # Set custom Spork port
:bundler => false                      # Don't use "bundle exec"
:rvm => ['1.8.7', '1.9.2']             # Directly run your specs on multiple ruby
:profile => 'cucumber_profile'         # Let cucumber use another profile than the default one

Development

Pull requests are very welcome! Make sure your patches are well tested.

Authors

Michael Kessler

Acknowledgment

Many thanks to the Guard Team and all the authors of the numerous Guards