Rakefile in ballast-2.2.3 vs Rakefile in ballast-2.2.4

@@ -7,32 +7,38 @@
 require "rspec/core/rake_task"
 
 # Compatibility layer for Rake 11.0
 Rake.application.class.send(:alias_method, :last_comment, :last_description) unless Rake.application.respond_to?(:last_comment)
 
-RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new("spec") do |t|
-  t.ruby_opts = ENV.fetch("RUBY_OPTS", "").to_s
-  t.rspec_opts = ENV.fetch("RSPEC_OPTS", "").to_s
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new("spec")
+
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new("spec:coverage") do
+  ENV["COVERAGE"] = "true"
 end
 
-RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new("spec:coverage") do |t|
-  t.ruby_opts = ENV.fetch("RUBY_OPTS", "").to_s + " -r./spec/coverage_helper"
-  t.rspec_opts = ENV.fetch("RSPEC_OPTS", "").to_s
+RSpec::Core::RakeTask.new("spec:ci") do
+  ENV["COVERAGE"] = "true"
+  ENV["NO_COLOR"] = "true"
 end
 
-desc "Generate the documentation"
+desc "Performs linting of the code using rubocop"
+task "lint" do
+  Kernel.exec("rubocop -ED lib")
+end
+
+desc "Generates the documentation"
 task :docs do
   system("yardoc") || raise("Failed Execution of: yardoc")
 end
-
-desc "Get the current release version"
+  
+desc "Gets the current release version"
 task :version, :with_name do |_, args|
   gem = Bundler::GemHelper.instance.gemspec
   puts [args[:with_name] == "true" ? gem.name : nil, gem.version].compact.join("-")
 end
 
-desc "Prepare the release"
-task prerelease: ["spec:coverage", "docs"] do
+desc "Prepares the release"
+task :prerelease => ["spec:coverage", "docs"] do
   ["git add -A", "git commit -am \"Version #{Bundler::GemHelper.instance.gemspec.version}\""].each do |cmd|
     system(cmd) || raise("Failed Execution of: #{cmd}")
   end
 end