How to include lib directory in rspec tests

Question

I am having a problem in testing my gem which includes a lib directory, on JRuby 1.7.4.

I want to test a file located at lib/vger/resources/account_manager.rb

My spec file is in spec/vger/resources/account_manager_spec.rb

require 'spec_helper'

describe Vger::Resources::AccountManager do     
    .
    .
    end 
end

I am trying to include the file which I want to test in spec_helper.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'bundler/setup'
require 'vger/resources/account_manager'
require 'vger'

RSpec.configure do |config|
  # some (optional) config here
end

While running the test by the command rspec spec/vger/resources/account_manager_spec.rb I am getting this error:

NameError: uninitialized constant Vger::Resources
    const_missing at org/jruby/RubyModule.java:2631

I seems that the file which I want to test is not getting loaded. Please tell me where I am going wrong and where should I make corrections.

Answer 1

Manually update your LOAD PATH in spec_helper.rb before calling require should do the trick. Try making this the first line of your spec_helper.rb:

$: << '../lib'

or

$LOAD_PATH << '../lib'

($: is an alias for $LOAD_PATH)