In RSpec, using let variable inside before :all block

Question

I have the following code inside most of my tests:

describe 'index'  let(:company) { FactoryGirl.create(:company) }  let(:user) { FactoryGirl.create(:user, company: company) }   before do    sign_in user    visit products_path  end ... end 

But I'm getting the following warning:

WARNING: let declaration 'user' accessed in a 'before(:all)' 

My question is, what is the correct way of doing this? I can't find much information about the warning itself.

Thanks!

EDIT: My goal is to use the user variable so I can pass it on to sign_in, which signs the user in, and use it later on another tests (I check for the company attribute of the User)

Answer 1

I had the same problem, I have solved it by declaring all my variables as attributes inside the before block:

 describe 'index'   before(:all) do    @company = FactoryGirl.create(:company)    @user = FactoryGirl.create(:user, company: @company)     sign_in @user    visit products_path  end ... end 

Now you can use @user and @company inside your tests, and you shouldn't have any warnings.