RSpec: Change the type of a spec regardless of the folder it lives in

In a Rails application, *_spec.rb files get special treatment depending on the file's directory. E.g. when you put a spec in spec/controllers your examples will have some magic context like controller, post or get that appears out of nowhere.

If you want that magic context for a spec in another folder, use the :type option:

describe CakesController, :type => :controller do
  ...
end
Henning Koch