Does .rspec file get run every time rspec runs?

Question

Does the .rspec file you get when initializing the project, get run every time you run your tests (through rspec [file location]) ? Just curious because inside the .rspec file, using cat .rspec, I found that it contains require spec_helper. If it does get run every time, this would save me a lot of time from writing require spec_helper in each of my test files.

Answer 1

Yes. It gets called every time. You don't need to include it in every spec file.

I have --require spec_helper in my .rspec file.

Here's a link to the rspec docs, which includes a list of other options.