Invoking the same rake task twice in RSpec

Question

I am trying to test a rake task with rspec, and for that purpose I need to invoke it twice but it is only being invoked once.

it 'first test' do
    Rake::Task['my_rake_task'].invoke
    # rake task was processed
end

it 'second test' do
    Rake::Task['my_rake_task'].invoke
    # rake task was NOT processed
end

score 42 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 25 '14 at 15:34

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if a rake task has already been invoked once it won't run again unless you call:

@rake[@task_name].reenable

or invoke it with

@rake[@task_name].execute

answered Mar 25 '14 at 15:34

Guy Segev

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I had to use reenable since execute does not accept arguments, unlike invoke. And then had to fix it running more times then requested - see https://stackoverflow.com/a/45530844/3125034 – iheggie Aug 06 '17 at 10:04
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I did `invoke` at `setup` and `reenable` at `teardown` – Sathish Jul 17 '20 at 17:37

score 3 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 19 '21 at 12:55

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To adding to Guy Segev answer I prefer adding this to your spec file


  after(:each) do
    Rake::Task["task:name"].reenable
  end

answered Feb 19 '21 at 12:55

coderVishal

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Invoking the same rake task twice in RSpec

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