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The purpose of this guide is to document potential "gotchas" that contributors
might encounter or should avoid during development of GitLab CE and EE.
-## Do not `describe` symbols
-
-Consider the following model spec:
-
-```ruby
-require 'rails_helper'
-
-describe User do
- describe :to_param do
- it 'converts the username to a param' do
- user = described_class.new(username: 'John Smith')
-
- expect(user.to_param).to eq 'john-smith'
- end
- end
-end
-```
-
-When run, this spec doesn't do what we might expect:
-
-```sh
-spec/models/user_spec.rb|6 error| Failure/Error: u = described_class.new NoMethodError: undefined method `new' for :to_param:Symbol
-```
-
-### Solution
-
-Except for the top-level `describe` block, always provide a String argument to
-`describe`.
-
## Do not assert against the absolute value of a sequence-generated attribute
Consider the following factory: