Rails 5.1 run system tests and normal tests with one command

Question

In Rails 5.1, you can do bin/rails test to run normal tests, and bin/rails test:system. What is the Rails sanctioned way of running both at the same time?

Flavoprotein

I am not sure but can you try using bin/rails test test:system? It should load Rails' env and your app only once. – Rickettsia

Sadly didn't work; just ran the normal suite, not system tests. – Flavoprotein

Answer 1

bin/rails test:system test

Specifying test:system before test will run both system and ordinary tests. The opposite order will only run the ordinary tests however.

Undulation

Thank you for this answer. I've been using simplecov to verify my test coverage and this command really helps. rails test gets me 54.96%. 'rails test:system' gets me 42.82%, but rails test:system test runs both and gets me 78.64% coverage, so I can see the overlap. – Nickles

Answer 2

rails test:all (Rails 6.1+)

Rails 6.1 introduces a new command - rails test:all.

It runs all test files in the test directory, including system tests.

Here is a link to PR. And also a link to the docs (please, scroll down to yellow box).

Pedaias

Answer 3

In case anyone else is looking for the answer:

bin/rails test test/*

Amblyoscope

Answer 4

If it is your intention to run it using just $ rake or $rake test you can add into your Rakefile:

task test: 'test:system'

This will makes 'test:system' a "prerequisites" for "test" task

Coenesthesia

Answer 5

At least from the official rails guide, it seems there is no way of doing it:

By default, running bin/rails test won't run your system tests. Make sure to run bin/rails test:system to actually run them.

Ref: rails guide

Krouse

Answer 6

You can also add this snippet in your lib/tasks folder, that will give you the option to do rake test:all

namespace :test do desc "Run both regular tests and system tests" task :all => 'test' do Minitest.after_run {system('rake test:system')} end end

Karena

Answer 7

Summary of all the answers for easy reference:

System tests Only

bin/rails test:system

Ordinary tests Only

bin/rails test .

ALL tests

bin/rails test:all

Investment