Refactor comments for clarity and consistency across multiple RSpec cop files#79
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…op files - Avoid using “Check ..." - Unify the style of example
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Nov 15, 2025
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| Description: Checks that tests use RSpec `before` hook over Rails `setup` method. | ||
| Description: Prefer RSpec `before` hook over Rails `setup` method. |
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I’m uncertain if “prefer” is correct here. Two reasons off the top of my head:
- I recall that in the Ruby Style guide, editors avoid soft wording like “recommend”, “prefer” or “advise”, and use more insistent terms
- The “description” should answer the “what it does” question. With “prefer”, it answers to “what the code should adhere to?”
Please donn’t take this note as a request or call to action, I just spark a discussion, and would like to have more input.
A brief look at https://docs.rubocop.org/rubocop/1.81/cops_layout.html#layoutarrayalignment shows that cops do use “Checks if …”
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Before submitting the PR make sure the following are checked:
master(if not - rebase it).CHANGELOG.mdif the new code introduces user-observable changes.bundle exec rake) passes (be sure to run this locally, since it may produce updated documentation that you will need to commit).