How to control order of spec execution in "spec specs/* " ?

[Andrew Chen]

This is a rspec question.

I have many rspecs in a spec directory.

In the execution, I need some tests run before others. So I name the
files as: 01_deploy_spec.rb, 02_post_process_spec.rb

I want 01* to be run before 02*

I found that the default order in rspec is in the order of last file
modification.

What are the ways to do it?

Thanks
~Andrew Chen

 

[David Chelimsky]

This is a rspec question.

I have many rspecs in a spec directory.

In the execution, I need some tests run before others. So I name the
files as: 01_deploy_spec.rb, 02_post_process_spec.rb

I want 01* to be run before 02*

I found that the default order in rspec is in the order of last file
modification.

The default is actually alpha. mtime must be invoked explicitly. Do
you have mtime listed in spec/spec.opts? If so, get rid of it and you
should be OK.

Cheers,
David