Use VCR to record tarball downloads and speed up subsequent spec runs.

.gitignore

@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ pod
 /concatenated.*
 spec/fixtures/mercurial-repo/.hg/*cache
 .hg
+spec/fixtures/vcr

Gemfile

@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ group :development do
   gem "rb-fsevent"
   gem "growl"
   gem "mocha-on-bacon"
+  gem "vcr"
+  gem "webmock"
 end

Gemfile.lock

 GEM
   remote: http://rubygems.org/
   specs:
+    addressable (2.2.7)
     bacon (1.1.0)
+    crack (0.3.1)
     growl (1.0.3)
     guard (0.8.8)
       thor (~> 0.14.6)
@@ -15,6 +17,10 @@ GEM
     rake (0.9.2.2)
     rb-fsevent (0.9.0)
     thor (0.14.6)
+    vcr (2.0.0)
+    webmock (1.8.0)
+      addressable (>= 2.2.7)
+      crack (>= 0.1.7)
 
 PLATFORMS
   ruby
@@ -27,3 +33,5 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   mocha-on-bacon
   rake
   rb-fsevent
+  vcr
+  webmock

spec/functional/downloader_spec.rb

@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ describe "Pod::Downloader" do
         :git => "git://github.com/lukeredpath/libPusher.git", :download_only => true
       )
       downloader = Pod::Downloader.for_pod(@pod)
-      downloader.download
+      
+      VCR.use_cassette('tarballs', :record => :new_episodes) { downloader.download }
       
       # deliberately keep this assertion as loose as possible for now
       (@pod.root + 'README.md').readlines[0].should =~ /libPusher/
@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ describe "Pod::Downloader" do
         :git => "git://github.com/lukeredpath/libPusher.git", :tag => 'v1.1', :download_only => true
       )
       downloader = Pod::Downloader.for_pod(@pod)
-      downloader.download
+
+      VCR.use_cassette('tarballs', :record => :new_episodes) { downloader.download }
       
       # deliberately keep this assertion as loose as possible for now
       (@pod.root + 'libPusher.podspec').readlines.grep(/1.1/).should.not.be.empty
@@ -68,12 +70,12 @@ describe "Pod::Downloader" do
         :git => "git://github.com/lukeredpath/libPusher.git", :commit => 'eca89998d5', :download_only => true
       )
       downloader = Pod::Downloader.for_pod(@pod)
-      downloader.download
+      
+      VCR.use_cassette('tarballs', :record => :new_episodes) { downloader.download }
       
       # deliberately keep this assertion as loose as possible for now
       (@pod.root + 'README.md').readlines[0].should =~ /PusherTouch/
     end
-
   end
   
   describe "for Mercurial" do

spec/spec_helper.rb

@@ -49,3 +49,11 @@ def copy_fixture_to_pod(name, pod)
 end
 
 SpecHelper::Fixture.fixture('banana-lib') # ensure it exists
+
+require 'vcr'
+require 'webmock'
+
+VCR.configure do |c|
+  c.cassette_library_dir = (ROOT + 'spec/fixtures/vcr').to_s
+  c.hook_into :webmock # or :fakeweb
+end