Factory-girl create that bypasses my model validation
This isn't very specific to FactoryGirl, but you can always bypass validations when saving models via save(validate: false):
describe ".current" do let!(:current_group) { FactoryGirl.create(:group) } let!(:old_group) do g = FactoryGirl.build(:group, expiry: Time.now - 3.days) g.save(validate: false) g end specify { Group.current.should == [current_group] }end
I prefer this solution from https://github.com/thoughtbot/factory_girl/issues/578.
Inside the factory:
trait :without_validations do to_create { |instance| instance.save(validate: false) }end
It's a bad idea to skip validations by default in factory. Some hair will be pulled out finding that.
The nicest way, I think:
trait :skip_validate do to_create {|instance| instance.save(validate: false)}endThen in your test:
create(:group, :skip_validate, expiry: Time.now + 1.week)