How to stub "install_using_#{method}" in railties/lib/rails/commands/plugin.rb

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Dear all,

I am trying to write tests that test installation of plugins using “rails plugin install xxx”. So far I have setup a basic PluginTest class taking inspiration from RunnerTest:

railties/test/application/plugin_test.rb

require ‘isolation/abstract_unit’

module ApplicationTests class PluginTest < Test::Unit::TestCase

def setup
  build_app
end

def teardown
  teardown_app
end

def test_successful_installing_of_plugin
  assert Dir.chdir(app_path) { `bundle exec rails plugin install [http://example.com/my_svn_plugin`](http://example.com/my_svn_plugin`) }
end

end end

When above test is run, it will try to actually install my_svn_plugin. The methods that cause installation of plugins are defined in railties/lib/rails/commands/plugin.rb. These are install_using_export, install_using_checkout, install_using_externals, install_using_http and install_using_git defined as instance methods on Plugin class.

How can I stub these methods so that test does not try to actually install a plugin? If there is another way I can avoid actual installation in tests, I am open to that also. Please point me to some example code that I can refer to.

I am doing this to fix issue #2081

Thanks!