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spec/models/user_search_spec.rb

@@ -21,63 +21,53 @@ describe UserSearch do
     Fabricate :post, user: user6, topic: topic
   end
 
-  context "all user search" do
-    it "searches the user's name" do
+  # this is a seriously expensive integration test, re-creating this entire test db is too expensive
+  # reuse
+  it "operates correctly" do
+    # normal search
     results = UserSearch.search user1.name.split(" ").first
     results.size.should == 1
     results.first.should == user1
-    end
 
-    it "searches the user's name case insensitive" do
+    # lower case
     results = UserSearch.search user1.name.split(" ").first.downcase
     results.size.should == 1
     results.first.should == user1
-    end
 
-    it "searches the user's username" do
+    #  username
     results = UserSearch.search user4.username
     results.size.should == 1
     results.first.should == user4
-    end
 
-    it "searches the user's username case insensitive" do
+    # case insensitive
     results = UserSearch.search user4.username.upcase
     results.size.should == 1
     results.first.should == user4
-    end
 
-    it "searches the user's username substring" do
+    # substrings
     results = UserSearch.search "mr"
     results.size.should == 6
 
     results = UserSearch.search "mrb"
     results.size.should == 3
-    end
 
-    it "searches the user's username substring upper case" do
+
     results = UserSearch.search "MR"
     results.size.should == 6
 
     results = UserSearch.search "MRB"
     results.size.should == 3
-    end
-  end
 
-  context "sort order respects users with posts on the topic" do
-    it "Mr. Blond is first when searching his topic" do
+    # topic priority
     results = UserSearch.search "mrb", topic.id
     results.first.should == user1
-    end
 
-    it "Mr. Blue is first when searching his topic" do
+
     results = UserSearch.search "mrb", topic2.id
     results.first.should == user2
-    end
 
-    it "Mr. Brown is first when searching his topic" do
     results = UserSearch.search "mrb", topic3.id
     results.first.should == user5
   end
-  end
 
 end