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

Used the built-in observer enable/disable feature in ActiveModel[1].
ActiveRecord::Base includes ActiveModel::Observing which provides this
behavior.

Simple wraps to enable the observer under test were added to the specs
for: ActivityObserver, IssueObserver, Admin::Users and Issues.

The spec for Project.last_activity was refactored to separate the tests
for #last_activity and #last_activity_date. Each had doubles added to
isolate the spec from the hidden dependency on the ActivityObserver
action to create an Event for the project when an Issue is created. This
ActivityObserver behavior is already tested by its spec.

[1] http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveModel/ObserverArray.html

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