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Autotest has no output, unless a .rspec file exists

gitlab-qa-bot requested to merge autotest-warning into master

Created by: JonRowe

I can't remember exactly when this behavior changed, but it's easy to see with a modern RSpec:

  1. Create a Gemfile in an empty folder
  2. Add the gems ZenTest and rspec
  3. bundle
  4. bundle exec autotest

No output will be shown. The workaround is to at least touch .rspec.

This is an annoying issue because no feedback is given about what the user needs to do. At least one user has told me that RSpec doesn't work with autotest anymore after seeing this apparent "hang."

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