require "rake" # Hat tip: http://robots.thoughtbot.com/test-rake-tasks-like-a-boss shared_context "rake" do let(:rake) { Rake::Application.new } let(:task_name) { self.class.top_level_description } let(:task_path) { File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "../../../lib/tasks/#{task_name.split(":").first}") } subject { rake[task_name] } def loaded_files_excluding_current_rake_file $".reject { |file| file == "#{task_path}.rake" } end before do Rake.application = rake Rake.application.rake_require(task_path, [Rails.root.to_s], loaded_files_excluding_current_rake_file) Rake::Task.define_task(:environment) end end