This is a modification of the standard rspec_model generator (from [http://wiki.github.com/dchelimsky/rspec/rails](Rspec_Rails gem)) to generate spec tests instead of unit tests and factory definitions for use with factory_girl instead of fixtures.
This generator will only be useful with factory_girl version 1.1.4 or later. The generated code will not fail if version 1.1.4 is not installed; the factories will just not be available to your tests.
You will still need to add require 'factory_girl' to your test environment. This generator will not do that for you.
To install the generator as a plugin in your Rails app:
./script/plugin install git://github.com/bantic/rspec_model_generator_with_factories.git
This will override the standard Rspec-Rails rspec_model generator for this application. You can also pull the generators/rspec_model directory out of this repository and put it in $HOME/.rails/generators to make it available to all your present and future Rails applications.
Usage is the same as the standard Rails model generator:
./script/generate rspec_model Thing name:text description:text
After generating the model, look in test/factories for your factory definition and in spec/models for the spec.
This generator incorporates most of its code from the stock Rails model generator, which is:
Copyright (c) 2004-2008 David Heinemeier Hansson
The modifications to make the generator generate factories instead of fixtures are:
Copyright (c) 2008 Mark Cornick and Viget Labs
Both the original Rails code and the modifications are released under the MIT license.
The modifications to make the generator generate spec tests instead of unit tests are:
Copyright (c) 2009 Cory Forsyth and outside.in