Installation ============ test/test_helper.rb should include TestFixtures as follows: class Test::Unit::TestCase include TestFixtures # The rest of your helpers end Information =========== This plugin will add a test method test_fixtures which, in unit tests, will go through all the model's fixtures and assert that they are valid. Disabling ========= If you want to avoid the test, you can override the method in the test class, or make it private: private :test_fixtures