runs rspec, but slowly because spec_helper keeps getting reloaded

hydra.gemspec

@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
 
   s.required_rubygems_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 0") if s.respond_to? :required_rubygems_version=
   s.authors = ["Nick Gauthier"]
-  s.date = %q{2010-04-03}
+  s.date = %q{2010-04-04}
   s.description = %q{Spread your tests over multiple machines to test your code faster.}
   s.email = %q{nick@smartlogicsolutions.com}
   s.extra_rdoc_files = [

lib/hydra/runner.rb

@@ -103,7 +103,6 @@ module Hydra #:nodoc:
 
     # run all the Specs in an RSpec file (NOT IMPLEMENTED)
     def run_rspec_file(file)
-      puts "RUNNING: #{file}"
       # pull in rspec
       begin
         require 'spec'
@@ -118,12 +117,15 @@ module Hydra #:nodoc:
       pipe = Hydra::Pipe.new
       pid = SafeFork.fork do
         pipe.identify_as_child
-        options = Spec::Runner.options
         hydra_output = StringIO.new
-        options.formatters = [Spec::Runner::Formatter::HydraFormatter.new(options.formatter_options, hydra_output)]
-        require file
-        options.files = [file]
-        options.run_examples
+        Spec::Runner.options.formatters = [
+          Spec::Runner::Formatter::HydraFormatter.new(
+            Spec::Runner.options.formatter_options,
+            hydra_output
+          )
+        ]
+        Spec::Runner.options.files = [file]
+        Spec::Runner.options.run_examples
         hydra_output.rewind
         output = hydra_output.read.chomp
         output = "" if output =~ /^\.*$/
@@ -133,6 +135,7 @@ module Hydra #:nodoc:
       pipe.identify_as_parent
       output_message = pipe.gets
       Process.wait pid
+
       return output_message.output
     end
 

lib/hydra/spec/hydra_formatter.rb

@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ require 'spec/autorun'
 require 'spec/runner/formatter/progress_bar_formatter'
 module Spec
   module Runner
+    class << self
+      def run
+        return 0
+      end 
+    end
     class Options
       attr_accessor :formatters
       attr_accessor :files

lib/hydra/tasks.rb

@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ module Hydra #:nodoc:
 
       yield self if block_given?
 
+      # Ensure we override rspec's at_exit
+      require 'hydra/spec/hydra_formatter'
+
       @config = find_config_file
 
       @opts = {
@@ -95,7 +98,6 @@ module Hydra #:nodoc:
       desc "Hydra Tests" + (@name == :hydra ? "" : " for #{@name}")
       task @name do
         Hydra::Master.new(@opts)
-        puts "OK AND QUIT"
         exit(0) #bypass test on_exit output
       end
     end