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This is just a little note that assert_difference, the ultimate test helper, has been merged into core. The only issue is that it has changed a bit from the version that I have used. I always used something along the lines of:

assert_difference Post, :count do
  Post.create_valid
end

The version that got merged into core instead accepts a string like so:

assert_difference 'Post.count' do
  Post.create_valid
end

Not sure why the syntax is different but that is neither here nor there for me. The only down side is I had to go through all my tests and fix the incorrect arguments. Just thought I would say something here so others know what is going wrong when all their tests fail after upgrading to edge.