./test/test_helper.rb in umlaut-3.0.0alpha10 vs ./test/test_helper.rb in umlaut-3.0.0alpha11

@@ -2,9 +2,45 @@
 ENV["RAILS_ENV"] = "test"
 
 require File.expand_path("../dummy/config/environment.rb",  __FILE__)
 require "rails/test_help"
 
+ActiveSupport::TestCase.fixture_path = File.expand_path("../fixtures", __FILE__) 
+
 Rails.backtrace_cleaner.remove_silencers!
 
 # Load support files
 Dir["#{File.dirname(__FILE__)}/support/**/*.rb"].each { |f| require f }
+
+# Custom method for NYU-only tests. We still have a bunch of tests for aleph/
+# primo that work against live nyu services and can only succeed if you are 
+# nyu. Oops. We provide this convenience function to wrap test_* class
+# method bodies for nyu only tests, so they'll only be run if
+# ENV variable NYU_TEST is set, otherwise you'll get a little message
+# and a fake test. 
+
+
+# 'skip' only works in ruby 1.9.x, plus outputs a bunch of annoying stuff.
+#, plus doesn't give NYU any good way to run em without editing 'skip' out
+# of a buncha places. 
+
+# nyu_only_test("AlephTests") do
+#   def test_something
+#     assert_something
+#   end
+#   def test_something_else
+#     assert_else
+#   end
+# end
+def nyu_only_tests(test_name="Some")
+
+  run_tests = ENV['NYU_TEST'] || false
+  
+  unless run_tests
+    warn("#{test_name} tests can't be run outside of NYU, skipping.")
+    def test_nothing
+      # avoid "no tests were specified" error. 
+    end
+  else
+    yield
+  end
+end