Clean up some repetition in specs

spec/models/person_spec.rb

@@ -77,64 +77,38 @@ describe Person do
     person_two.owns?(person_message).should be false
   end
 
-  it 'should delete all of user posts except comments upon user deletion' do
+  it "deletes all of a person's posts upon person deletion" do
     person = Factory.create(:person)
 
-    Factory.create(:status_message, :person => person)
-    Factory.create(:status_message, :person => person)
-    Factory.create(:status_message, :person => person)
-    Factory.create(:status_message, :person => person)
+    status = Factory.create(:status_message, :person => person)
+    Factory.create(:status_message, :person => @person)
+
+    lambda {person.destroy}.should change(Post, :count).by(-1)
+  end
+
+  it "does not delete a person's comments on person deletion" do
+    person = Factory.create(:person)
 
     status_message = Factory.create(:status_message, :person => @person)
 
-    Factory.create(:comment, :person_id => person.id,  :text => "yes i do",       :post => status_message)
     Factory.create(:comment, :person_id => person.id,  :text => "i love you",     :post => status_message)
-    Factory.create(:comment, :person_id => person.id,  :text => "hello",          :post => status_message)
     Factory.create(:comment, :person_id => @person.id, :text => "you are creepy", :post => status_message)
-
-    person.destroy
-
-    Post.count.should == 1
-    Comment.all.count.should == 4
-    status_message.comments.count.should == 4
+    
+    lambda {person.destroy}.should_not change(Comment, :count)
   end
 
   describe "unfriending" do
     it 'should not delete an orphaned friend' do
-      request = @user.send_friend_request_to @person, @aspect
-
       @user.activate_friend(@person, @aspect)
-      @user.reload
 
-      Person.all.count.should    == 3
-      @user.friends.count.should == 1
-      @user.unfriend(@person)
-      @user.reload
-      @user.friends.count.should == 0
-      Person.all.count.should    == 3
+      lambda {@user.unfriend(@person)}.should_not change(Person, :count)
     end
 
     it 'should not delete an un-orphaned friend' do
-      request = @user.send_friend_request_to @person, @aspect
-      request2 = @user2.send_friend_request_to @person, @aspect2
-
       @user.activate_friend(@person, @aspect)
       @user2.activate_friend(@person, @aspect2)
 
-      @user.reload
-      @user2.reload
-
-      Person.all.count.should     == 3
-      @user.friends.count.should  == 1
-      @user2.friends.count.should == 1
-
-      @user.unfriend(@person)
-      @user.reload
-      @user2.reload
-      @user.friends.count.should  == 0
-      @user2.friends.count.should == 1
-
-      Person.all.count.should     == 3
+      lambda {@user.unfriend(@person)}.should_not change(Person, :count)
     end
   end
 

spec/models/post_spec.rb

@@ -6,8 +6,7 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe Post do
   before do
-    @user = Factory.create(:user, :email => "bob@aol.com")
-    @user.person.save
+    @user = Factory.create(:user)
   end
 
   describe 'xml' do

spec/models/status_message_spec.rb

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ require 'spec_helper'
 
 describe StatusMessage do
   before do
-      @user = Factory.create(:user, :email => "bob@aol.com")
+      @user = Factory.create(:user)
       @aspect = @user.aspect(:name => "losers")
   end
 

spec/models/user/receive_spec.rb

@@ -22,16 +22,13 @@ describe User do
 
   it 'should be able to parse and store a status message from xml' do
     status_message = user2.post :status_message, :message => 'store this!', :to => aspect2.id
-    person = user2.person
 
     xml = status_message.to_diaspora_xml
     user2.destroy
     status_message.destroy
-    StatusMessage.all.size.should == 0
-    user.receive xml , user2.person
 
-    Post.all(:person_id => person.id).first.message.should == 'store this!'
-    StatusMessage.all.size.should == 1
+    user
+    lambda {user.receive xml , user2.person}.should change (Post,:count).by(1)
   end
 
   it 'should not create new aspects on message receive' do