Mark Test Pending With xit

Mark any RSpec test temporarily pending by changing it or specify to xit.

Take this test, from the 'Today I Learned' codebase:

# spec/models/channel_spec.rb

describe Channel do
  it 'should have a valid factory' do
    channel = FactoryGirl.build(:channel)
    expect(channel).to be_valid
  end
end

Change it to this:

# spec/models/channel_spec.rb

describe Channel do
  xit 'should have a valid factory' do
    channel = FactoryGirl.build(:channel)
    expect(channel).to be_valid
  end
end

Here's the test output:

$ rspec spec/models/channel_spec.rb:4
Run options: include {:locations=>{"./spec/models/channel_spec.rb"=>[4]}}

Channel
  should have a valid factory (PENDING: Temporarily skipped with xit)

...

Use this when refactoring code that breaks tests, to avoid deleting or commenting-out that hard-won test logic while you get back to green, test by test.

h/t Dorian Karter

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