title: Problems running Rake rspec task with ci_reporter
body: <p>I am trying to configure rake to generate reports from rspec using ci_reporter for Hudson.</p>
  
  <p>Using the rake file below, the same test that passes when run with the spec command fails running with the new rake file.  First there are many warnings (which I omitted because there are too many of them to display). </p>
  
  <p>It appears the ci_reporter is generating reports but they are empty.</p>
  
  <p>Any help would be very appreciated!</p>
  
  <p>Thanks!
  -Laura</p>
  
  <pre><code># Add your own tasks in files placed in lib/tasks ending in .rake,
  # for example lib/tasks/capistrano.rake, and they will automatically be available to Rake.
  require 'rake'
  require 'rake/testtask'
  require 'rake/rdoctask'
  require 'rake/packagetask'
  require 'spec/version'
  require 'spec/rake/spectask'
  require 'rcov'
  require 'tasks/rails'
  gem 'ci_reporter'
  require 'ci/reporter/rake/rspec'
  
  def rspec_report_path
      "reports/rspec/"
  end
  
  namespace :ci do
      task :pre_ci do
          ENV["CI_REPORTS"] = rspec_report_path
          gem 'ci_reporter'
      require 'ci/reporter/rake/rspec'
  end
  
    task :rspec =&gt; [:pre_ci, "ci:setup:rspec"]
    desc "do rspec tests and test coverage"
  
    @suite = Spec::Rake::SpecTask.new('rspec') do |t|
        # t.spec_files = FileList['spec/**/*_spec.rb']
        t.spec_files = FileList['spec/models/assignment_spec.rb']
        t.warning = true
        t.rcov = false
        t.rcov_dir = 'coverage'
        t.fail_on_error = false
        t.rcov_opts = ['--exclude', "kernel,load-diff-lcs\.rb,instance_exec\.rb,lib/spec.rb,lib/spec/runner.rb,^spec/*,bin/spec,examples,/gems,/Library/Ruby,\.autotest,#{ENV['GEM_HOME']}", '-I', 'lib/']
      end
  end
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>/usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.14/lib/active_support/whiny_nil.rb:52:in `method_missing': undefined method `metadata' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/rspec.rb:46:in `name'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/test_suite.rb:146
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/test_suite.rb:140:in `each'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/test_suite.rb:140
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/builder-2.1.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:134:in `call'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/builder-2.1.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:134:in `_nested_structures'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/builder-2.1.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:58:in `method_missing'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/test_suite.rb:136:in `to_xml'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/test_suite.rb:86
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/test_suite.rb:85:in `each'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/test_suite.rb:85
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/builder-2.1.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:134:in `call'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/builder-2.1.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:134:in `_nested_structures'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/builder-2.1.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:58:in `method_missing'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/test_suite.rb:84:in `to_xml'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/report_manager.rb:18:in `write_report'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/report_manager.rb:17:in `open'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/report_manager.rb:17:in `write_report'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/rspec.rb:203:in `write_report'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/rspec.rb:207:in `new_suite'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/rspec.rb:114:in `example_group_started'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.2/lib/spec/runner/reporter.rb:19:in `example_group_started'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.2/lib/spec/runner/reporter.rb:18:in `each'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.2/lib/spec/runner/reporter.rb:18:in `example_group_started'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.2/lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb:115:in `notify'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.2/lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb:96:in `run'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.2/lib/spec/runner/example_group_runner.rb:23:in `run'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.2/lib/spec/runner/example_group_runner.rb:22:in `each'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.2/lib/spec/runner/example_group_runner.rb:22:in `run'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.2/lib/spec/runner/options.rb:153:in `run_examples'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.2/lib/spec/runner.rb:61:in `run'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.2/lib/spec/runner.rb:45
  /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/activesupport-2.3.14/lib/active_support/whiny_nil.rb:52:in `method_missing': undefined method `metadata' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/rspec.rb:46:in `name'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/test_suite.rb:146
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/test_suite.rb:140:in `each'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/test_suite.rb:140
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/builder-2.1.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:134:in `call'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/builder-2.1.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:134:in `_nested_structures'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/builder-2.1.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:58:in `method_missing'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/test_suite.rb:136:in `to_xml'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/test_suite.rb:86
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/test_suite.rb:85:in `each'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/test_suite.rb:85
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/builder-2.1.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:134:in `call'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/builder-2.1.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:134:in `_nested_structures'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/builder-2.1.2/lib/builder/xmlbase.rb:58:in `method_missing'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/test_suite.rb:84:in `to_xml'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/report_manager.rb:18:in `write_report'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/report_manager.rb:17:in `open'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/report_manager.rb:17:in `write_report'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/rspec.rb:203:in `write_report'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/rspec.rb:207:in `new_suite'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/ci_reporter-1.7.0/lib/ci/reporter/rspec.rb:114:in `example_group_started'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.2/lib/spec/runner/reporter.rb:19:in `example_group_started'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.2/lib/spec/runner/reporter.rb:18:in `each'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.2/lib/spec/runner/reporter.rb:18:in `example_group_started'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.2/lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb:115:in `notify'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.2/lib/spec/example/example_group_methods.rb:96:in `run'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.2/lib/spec/runner/example_group_runner.rb:23:in `run'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.2/lib/spec/runner/example_group_runner.rb:22:in `each'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.2/lib/spec/runner/example_group_runner.rb:22:in `run'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.2/lib/spec/runner/options.rb:153:in `run_examples'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.2/lib/spec/runner/command_line.rb:9:in `run'
      from /usr/lib/ruby/gems/1.8/gems/rspec-1.3.2/bin/spec:5
      from /usr/bin/rcov:508:in `load'
      from /usr/bin/rcov:508 
  Recording test results 
  </code></pre>