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Install

gem install spork-testunit

Using

• Don't bootstrap the test helper file for testunit. You don't need to, and it doesn't work with test unit.
• In one console, run: spork testunit
  • ignore the bootstrap and other warnings
• In another console, run the list of tests: testdrb test/unit/my_test_one.rb test/unit/my_test_two.rb
  • You can use: require 'test_helper' unless Spork.using_spork? to use Spork and no Spork.
• In test helper:

require 'rubygems'
require 'spork'

Spork.prefork do 
  ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = "test"
  require File.expand_path('../../config/environment', __FILE__)
  require 'rails/test_help'
  # more requires....
end

Rails 3 & Test Unit

To correctly load the environment while running testdrb on your Rails tests make sure to add the test directory to the include path. A couple solutions:

• Use the -I switch on the command line. Running a unit test from the Rails root we'd run testdrb -I test test/unit/mymodel_test.rb
• Add the test/ directory to the $LOAD_PATH in your Spork.prefork block:

  Spork.prefork do 
    ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = "test"
    $LOAD_PATH << File.expand_path('..', __FILE__) # add test/ to include path
    # ...
  end