Rails rake command to run a single unit test

by admin on June 6, 2008

Q: What is the rake command to run a single rails unit test?

A: There is none, use ruby test/unit/my_test.rb

Adam Loving wrote this post.

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Chris May 13, 2009 at 1:51 pm: Not true, to invoke the rails environment, use:
rake test TEST=/path/to/test (i.e. rake test TEST=test/unit/accounts.rb)
olivander June 23, 2009 at 12:17 pm: in my rails 2.3.2 environment
rake test TEST=/path/to/test
runs the test three times

But
rake test:units TEST=/path/to/test
works fine.