Grouping multiple it blocks in one describe blocks ruins console output during test runs

[davidcpell]

Description

In rspec and serverspec I'm used to being able to group multiple it blocks within a single describe block. With inspec I can do this but the console output doesn't seem to work correctly. Here is my example spec code:

describe user('david') do
  it { should exist }
  its(:home) { should eq '/home/david' }
  its(:shell) { should eq '/bin/zsh' }
end

When I run the tests, I get a checkmark but otherwise blank output in the console:

➜  dotfiles git:(master) ✗ ce kitchen verify default-ubuntu-1404                                                                                                      [6/140]
-----> Starting Kitchen (v1.10.2)
-----> Setting up <default-ubuntu-1404>...
       Finished setting up <default-ubuntu-1404> (0m0.00s).
-----> Verifying <default-ubuntu-1404>...
       Use `/Users/david/code/chef/chef_repos/david-workstation/cookbooks/dotfiles/test/recipes/default` for testing

Target:  ssh://[email protected]:2222

  ✔

Summary: 3 successful, 0 failures, 0 skipped

In order to get output I have to include 3 separate describe blocks:

describe user('david') do
  it { should exist }
end

describe user('david') do
  its(:home) { should eq '/home/david' }
end

describe user('david') do
  its(:shell) { should eq '/bin/zsh' }
end

...which outputs this:

➜  dotfiles git:(master) ✗ ce kitchen verify default-ubuntu-1404
-----> Starting Kitchen (v1.10.2)
-----> Verifying <default-ubuntu-1404>...
       Use `/Users/david/code/chef/chef_repos/david-workstation/cookbooks/dotfiles/test/recipes/default` for testing

Target:  ssh://[email protected]:2222

  ✔  User david should exist
  ✔  User david home should eq "/home/david"
  ✔  User david shell should eq "/bin/zsh"

Summary: 3 successful, 0 failures, 0 skipped

However the expected/desired output would be more like this:

     User david 
       ✔      home should eq "/home/david"
       ✔      shell should eq "/bin/zsh"
       ✔      should exist

Summary: 3 successful, 0 failures, 0 skipped

Is the current behavior expected/desired?

InSpec and Platform Version

Inspec v0.28.0
Mac OSX 10.11.6

Replication Case

Create an inspec test with multipe it blocks in a single describe block.

[chris-rock]

This should have been fixed with InSpec 0.29.0 as reported in #812

[davidcpell]

@chris-rock thanks, though I just upgraded to InSpec 0.30.0 and still seem to be getting the same console output:

➜  dotfiles git:(master) ✗ which inspec
/Users/david/.chefdk/gem/ruby/2.1.0/bin/inspec
➜  dotfiles git:(master) ✗ inspec version
0.30.0
➜  dotfiles git:(master) ✗ ce kitchen verify default-ubuntu-1404
-----> Starting Kitchen (v1.10.2)
-----> Verifying <default-ubuntu-1404>...
       Use `/Users/david/code/chef/chef_repos/david-workstation/cookbooks/dotfiles/test/recipes/default` for testing

Target:  ssh://[email protected]:2222

  ✖  File /home/david/.oh-my-zsh should be directoryexpected `File /home/david/.oh-my-zsh.directory?` to return true, got false
  ✔

Summary: 3 successful, 1 failures, 0 skipped

[davidcpell]

note also the lack of line break/other formatting to separate the two lines in the .oh-my-zsh failure

[chris-rock]

@davidcpell thanks for the quick testing!

[davidcpell]

yw!