refinery/refinerycms · error · RuntimeError

Please rm -rf '#{dummy_app_path}'

Error message

Please rm -rf '#{dummy_app_path}'

What it means

Error " Please rm -rf '#{dummy_app_path}' " thrown in refinery/refinerycms.

Source

Thrown at testing/lib/refinery/tasks/testing.rake:18

namespace :refinery do
  namespace :testing do
    desc "Generates a dummy application for testing, if one doesn't exist."
    task :dummy_app => [
      :report_dummy_app_status,
      :create_dummy_app
    ]

    desc "Creates a dummy application for testing"
    task :create_dummy_app => [
      :setup_dummy_app,
      :setup_extension,
      :init_test_database
    ]

    desc "raises if there is already a dummy application"
    task :report_dummy_app_status do
      raise "\nPlease rm -rf '#{dummy_app_path}'\n\n" if dummy_app_path.exist?
    end

    desc "Sets up just the dummy application for testing, no migrations or extensions"
    task :setup_dummy_app do
      require 'refinerycms/core'

      Refinery::DummyGenerator.start %W[--quiet --database=#{ENV['DB'].presence || 'sqlite3'}]

      Refinery::CmsGenerator.start %w[--quiet --fresh-installation]

      Dir.chdir dummy_app_path
    end

    # This task is a hook to allow extensions to pass configuration
    # Just define this inside your extension's Rakefile or a .rake file
    # and pass arbitrary code. Example:
    #
    # namespace :refinery do

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at testing/lib/refinery/tasks/testing.rake:18 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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