ROR - rails - rspec - factory_girl should_not not working (as expected) -

the thing i'm expecting 2-nd it fail , 3-rd pass, opposite going on. 2 passing , 3 failing. someon know why ?

spec/models/user_spec.rb

require 'spec_helper'  describe user   'has valid factory'     factorygirl.create(:user).should be_valid   end   'is invalid empty email1'     # i've tried     # factorygirl.build(:user, email: nil, validation_scenario: 'create').should be_valid     factorygirl.build(:user, email: nil).should be_valid   end   'is invalid empty email2'     factorygirl.build(:user, email: nil).should_not be_valid   end end 

spec/factories/user.rb

require 'faker'  factorygirl.define   factory :user |u|     u.email                 { faker::internet.email }     u.password              'password'     u.password_confirmation 'password'   end end 

models/user.rb

class user < activerecord::base    attr_accessor :password, :validation_scenario    # validate on user create/update   with_options if: -> user { ['create', 'update'].include? user.validation_scenario } |user|     user.validates_confirmation_of :password     user.validates_presence_of :password, :on => :before_create     user.validates_presence_of :email, :password     user.validates_uniqueness_of :email     user.validates_format_of :email, :with =>/.+@.+\..+/i   end    # validate on resend email cofirmation/reset password   with_options if: -> user { ['send_email_confirmation', 'reset_password'].include? user.validation_scenario } |user|     user.validates_presence_of :email     user.validates_format_of :email, :with =>/.+@.+\..+/i   end   ... 

controllers/user_controller.rb

class userscontroller < applicationcontroller   def create     @user = user.new(user_params)     @user.validation_scenario = 'create'      respond_to |format|       if @user.save         format.html { redirect_to root_url, notice: 'user created.' }       else         format.html { render action: 'new' }       end     end   end   def user_params     params.require(:user).permit(:email, :password, :password_confirmation)   end end 

i'm following tutorial here: http://everydayrails.com/2012/03/19/testing-series-rspec-models-factory-girl.html

ruby 2.1.0p0 (2013-12-25 revision 44422) [x86_64-linux]

rails 4.0.2

the thing was not setting validation_scenario anywhere. now:

spec/factories/user.rb looks this:

require 'faker'  factorygirl.define   factory :user |u|     u.email                 { faker::internet.email }     u.password              'password'     u.password_confirmation 'password'   end    factory :create_user, parent: :user |u|     u.validation_scenario   'create'   end end 

and spec/model/user_spec.rb

require 'spec_helper'  describe user   'has valid factory'     factorygirl.create(:create_user).should be_valid   end   'is invalid empty email'     factorygirl.build(:create_user, email: nil).should_not be_valid   end   'is invalid empty password'     factorygirl.build(:create_user, password: nil).should_not be_valid   end   'is invalid empty password_confirmation'     factorygirl.build(:create_user, password: nil).should_not be_valid   end end 

works charm