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+#   Copyright (c) 2010, Diaspora Inc.  This file is
+#   licensed under the Affero General Public License version 3 or later.  See
+#   the COPYRIGHT file.
+
+describe 'making sure the config is parsed as should' do
+  
+  describe 'app config' do
+    
+    it 'pod_url has a trailing slash' do
+      APP_CONFIG[:pod_url].should == 'http://example.org/'
+    end
+    
+    it 'terse_pod_url is correctly parsed' do
+      APP_CONFIG[:terse_pod_url].should == 'example.org'
+    end
+  
+  end
+   
+end