Disable observers in specs. Enable only when observer is under test.

spec/models/activity_observer_spec.rb

@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ describe ActivityObserver do
 
   describe "Merge Request created" do 
     before do
+      MergeRequest.observers.enable :activity_observer do
         @merge_request = Factory :merge_request, :project => project
         @event = Event.last
       end
+    end
 
     it_should_be_valid_event
     it { @event.action.should == Event::Created }
@@ -21,9 +23,11 @@ describe ActivityObserver do
 
   describe "Issue created" do 
     before do
+      Issue.observers.enable :activity_observer do
         @issue = Factory :issue, :project => project
         @event = Event.last
       end
+    end
 
     it_should_be_valid_event
     it { @event.action.should == Event::Created }

spec/models/issue_observer_spec.rb

@@ -13,8 +13,11 @@ describe IssueObserver do
 
     it 'is called when an issue is created' do
       subject.should_receive(:after_create)
+
+      Issue.observers.enable :issue_observer do
         Factory.create(:issue, :project => Factory.create(:project))
       end
+    end
 
     it 'sends an email to the assignee' do
       Notify.should_receive(:new_issue_email).with(issue.id)
@@ -40,9 +43,12 @@ describe IssueObserver do
     it 'is called when an issue is changed' do
       changed = Factory.create(:issue, :project => Factory.create(:project))
       subject.should_receive(:after_update)
+
+      Issue.observers.enable :issue_observer do
         changed.description = 'I changed'
         changed.save
       end
+    end
 
     context 'a reassigned email' do
       it 'is sent if the issue is being reassigned' do

spec/models/project_spec.rb

@@ -73,15 +73,28 @@ describe Project do
 
   describe "last_activity" do
     let(:project)    { Factory :project }
+    let(:last_event) { double }
 
     before do
-      @issue = Factory :issue, :project => project
+      project.stub(:events).and_return( [ double, double, last_event ] )
     end
 
-    it { project.last_activity.should == Event.last }
-    it { project.last_activity_date.to_s.should == Event.last.created_at.to_s }
+    it { project.last_activity.should == last_event }
   end
 
+  describe 'last_activity_date' do
+    let(:project)    { Factory :project }
+
+    it 'returns the creation date of the project\'s last event if present' do
+      last_event = double(:created_at => 'now')
+      project.stub(:events).and_return( [double, double, last_event] )
+      project.last_activity_date.should == last_event.created_at
+    end
+
+    it 'returns the project\'s last update date if it has no events' do
+      project.last_activity_date.should == project.updated_at
+    end
+  end
   describe "fresh commits" do
     let(:project) { Factory :project }
 

spec/requests/admin/admin_users_spec.rb

@@ -40,11 +40,14 @@ describe "Admin::Users" do
     end
 
     it "should call send mail" do
+      User.observers.enable :mailer_observer do
         Notify.should_receive(:new_user_email).and_return(stub(:deliver => true))
         click_button "Save"
       end
+    end
 
     it "should send valid email to user with email & password" do
+      User.observers.enable :mailer_observer do
         with_resque do
           click_button "Save"
         end
@@ -55,6 +58,7 @@ describe "Admin::Users" do
         email.body.should have_content(@password)
       end
     end
+  end
 
   describe "GET /admin/users/:id" do
     before do

spec/requests/issues_spec.rb

@@ -128,11 +128,14 @@ describe "Issues" do
         end
 
         it "should call send mail" do
+          Issue.observers.enable :issue_observer do
             Notify.should_receive(:new_issue_email).and_return(stub(:deliver => true))
             click_button "Submit new issue"
           end
+        end
 
         it "should send valid email to user" do
+          Issue.observers.enable :issue_observer do
             with_resque do
               click_button "Submit new issue"
             end
@@ -141,6 +144,7 @@ describe "Issues" do
             email.subject.should have_content("New Issue was created")
             email.body.should have_content(issue.title)
           end
+        end
 
       end
     end

spec/spec_helper.rb

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ RSpec.configure do |config|
     DatabaseCleaner.start
 
     WebMock.disable_net_connect!(allow_localhost: true)
+    ActiveRecord::Base.observers.disable :all
   end
 
   config.after do