This means calls to these functions no longer need to pass in the
current example group (when we want to use RSpec assertions etc. within
these), and makes defining these functions simpler; in turn this should
make it simpler to extract shared behaviour across test files.
Going to merge this straight through once CI passes, but feel free to comment.
Use RSpec's
config.includefeature (https://relishapp.com/rspec/rspec-core/docs/helper-methods/define-helper-methods-in-a-module#include-a-module-in-all-example-groups) to make our SpecUtils helper functions be available in all tests.This means calls to these functions no longer need to pass in the current example group (when we want to use RSpec assertions etc. within these), and makes defining these functions simpler; in turn this should make it simpler to extract shared behaviour across test files.
Going to merge this straight through once CI passes, but feel free to comment.