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Author: vivekmiyani

Changelog.md

@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 ### Development
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/compare/v6.0.0.rc1...main)
 
+Enhancements:
+
+* Generators now respects default path configuration option. (@vivekmiyani, #2508)
+
 Breaking Changes:
 
 * Change the order of `after_teardown` from `after` to `around` in system
@@ -73,8 +77,6 @@ Bug Fixes:
   `run_in_transaction?` method.  (Stan Lo, #2495)
 * Prevent keyword arguments being lost when methods are invoked dynamically
   in controller specs. (Josh Cheek, #2509, #2514)
-* Read configuration options from files to respect spec path setting.
-  (@vivekmiyani, #2508)
 
 ### 5.0.1 / 2021-03-18
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/rspec/rspec-rails/compare/v5.0.0...v5.0.1)

lib/generators/rspec.rb

@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ def self.source_root(path = nil)
         end
       end
 
-      # Read configuration options from files to respect `--default-path`
+      # @private
+      # Load configuration from RSpec to ensure `--default-path` is set
       def self.configuration
         @configuration ||= begin
                              configuration = RSpec.configuration

lib/generators/rspec/install/install_generator.rb

@@ -44,9 +44,11 @@ def generate_rspec_init(tmpdir)
         replace_generator_command(spec_helper_path)
         remove_warnings_configuration(spec_helper_path)
 
-        dot_rspec_path = File.join(tmpdir, '.rspec')
+        unless default_path == "spec"
+          dot_rspec_path = File.join(tmpdir, '.rspec')
 
-        append_default_path(dot_rspec_path)
+          append_default_path(dot_rspec_path)
+        end
       end
 
       def replace_generator_command(spec_helper_path)