How to Exclude Rspec tests matching a specific tag

This article describe how to exclude tests matching a specific tag.

🏈 Preparation

Please set an option to give us a cleaner syntax: spec/spec_helper.rb

RSpec.configure do |config|
  config.treat_symbols_as_metadata_keys_with_true_values = true
end

🐹 Adding tag

describe '#do_something', :skip do
  it 'returns something' do
    expect(described_class.new.do_something).to eq '...'
  end
end

🐡 Tag based execution

Run everything, except for :skip tests:

$ bundle exec rspec --tag \~skip spec/

If you want to run tests mathcing :skip tag:

$ bundle exec rspec --tag skip spec/

😼 Special Thanks

• Greater Test Control With RSpec’s Tag Filters -
• ruby - How can I exclude Rspec tests matching a specific tag? - Stack Overflow
• --tag option - Command line - RSpec Core - RSpec - Relish

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