Extract code from `Namespace#clean_path` for ghost user generation.

app/models/concerns/uniquify.rb

+class Uniquify
+  # Return a version of the given 'base' string that is unique
+  # by appending a counter to it. Uniqueness is determined by
+  # repeated calls to `exists_fn`.
+  #
+  # If `base` is a function/proc, we expect that calling it with a
+  # candidate counter returns a string to test/return.
+  def string(base, exists_fn)
+    @counter = nil
+
+    if base.respond_to?(:call)
+      increment_counter! while exists_fn[base.call(@counter)]
+      base.call(@counter)
+    else
+      increment_counter! while exists_fn["#{base}#{@counter}"]
+      "#{base}#{@counter}"
+    end
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def increment_counter!
+    @counter = @counter ? @counter.next : 1
+  end
+end

app/models/namespace.rb

@@ -98,14 +98,8 @@ class Namespace < ActiveRecord::Base
       # Work around that by setting their username to "blank", followed by a counter.
       path = "blank" if path.blank?
 
-      counter = 0
-      base = path
-      while Namespace.find_by_path_or_name(path)
-        counter += 1
-        path = "#{base}#{counter}"
-      end
-
-      path
+      uniquify = Uniquify.new
+      uniquify.string(path, -> (s) { Namespace.find_by_path_or_name(s) })
     end
   end
 

app/models/user.rb

@@ -351,20 +351,19 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
 
       ghost_user ||
         begin
-          users = Enumerator.new do |y|
-            n = nil
-            loop do
-              user = User.new(
-                username: "ghost#{n}", password: Devise.friendly_token,
-                email: "ghost#{n}@example.com", name: "Ghost User", state: :ghost
-              )
-
-              y.yield(user)
-              n = n ? n.next : 0
-            end
-          end
-
-          users.lazy.select { |user| user.valid? }.first.tap(&:save!)
+          uniquify = Uniquify.new
+
+          username = uniquify.string("ghost", -> (s) { User.find_by_username(s) })
+
+          email = uniquify.string(
+            -> (n) { "ghost#{n}@example.com" },
+            -> (s) { User.find_by_email(s) }
+          )
+
+          User.create(
+            username: username, password: Devise.friendly_token,
+            email: email, name: "Ghost User", state: :ghost
+          )
         end
     end
   end

spec/models/user_spec.rb

@@ -1513,7 +1513,7 @@ describe User, models: true do
         ghost = User.ghost
 
         expect(ghost).to be_persisted
-        expect(ghost.username).to eq('ghost0')
+        expect(ghost.username).to eq('ghost1')
       end
     end
 
@@ -1523,7 +1523,7 @@ describe User, models: true do
         ghost = User.ghost
 
         expect(ghost).to be_persisted
-        expect(ghost.email).to eq('ghost0@example.com')
+        expect(ghost.email).to eq('ghost1@example.com')
       end
     end
   end