How to enable Rails' file_fixture helper in FactoryBot
In FactoryBot factories, Rails' file_fixture is not available by default. To enable it, include a support module from rspec-rails:
FactoryBot::SyntaxRunner.include(RSpec::Rails::FileFixtureSupport)
That includes ActiveSupport::Testing::FileFixtures, where file_fixture is defined, but also configures the file_fixture_path so that you can actually use file_fixture.
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