redirect_to() says "undefined local variable or method `request'"

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I've been doing my plugin and testing it with rspec. Let me show the spec code first: http://pastie.org/249050

So, this spec lies in vendor/plugins/myplugin/spec/lib The reason I set @controller, @request and @response in before(:all) is because rspec complains they are not set (probably because I run this test from plugin dir). Anyway, the error pops up on str 21, when it tries to execute redirect_to(): undefined local variable or method `request'. I've checked redirect_to source and I have no idea how to pass it the 'request' variable.

Probably, the whole thing happens because I forgot to require/include something (that's why I have to set @controllers and others manually). I wish it could just work as when it's run from RAILS_ROOT/spec.

Any help or ideas, please?

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Being more specific, the error message is: undefined local variable or method `request' for #<Spec::Rails::Example::RailsExampleGroup::Subclass_1:0x7f9d7ffc98f0

It both appears if I run 'spec spec/lib' from plugin folder or rake task 'rake spec:plugins:myplugin'

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Okay, solution found: never put specs that test controllers anywhere but in 'spec/controllers' dir. Unless you know how to include everything it needs to work.