Avoid running system tests by default

These tests may be expansive so let's only allow users to run them
through `bin/rails test:system` or by passing a path to the `test`
command.

The same applies for `bin/rake test`.

Refs #28109.

3 files changed, 19 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/minitest_plugin.rb b/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/minitest_plugin.rb
index e44fe78bbd..8decdb0f4f 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/minitest_plugin.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/minitest_plugin.rb
@@ -62,9 +62,9 @@ module Minitest
     options[:patterns] = opts.order! unless run_via.rake?
   end
 
-  def self.rake_run(patterns) # :nodoc:
+  def self.rake_run(patterns, exclude_patterns = []) # :nodoc:
     self.run_via = :rake unless run_via.set?
-    ::Rails::TestRequirer.require_files(patterns)
+    ::Rails::TestRequirer.require_files(patterns, exclude_patterns)
     autorun
   end
 
@@ -88,7 +88,13 @@ module Minitest
     # If run via `ruby` we've been passed the files to run directly, or if run
     # via `rake` then they have already been eagerly required.
     unless run_via.ruby? || run_via.rake?
-      ::Rails::TestRequirer.require_files(options[:patterns])
+      # If there are no given patterns, we can assume that the user
+      # simply runs the `bin/rails test` command without extra arguments.
+      if options[:patterns].empty?
+        ::Rails::TestRequirer.require_files(options[:patterns], ["test/system/**/*"])
+      else
+        ::Rails::TestRequirer.require_files(options[:patterns])
+      end
     end
 
     unless options[:full_backtrace] || ENV["BACKTRACE"]
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/test_requirer.rb b/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/test_requirer.rb
index fe35934abc..92e5fcf0bc 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/test_requirer.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/test_requirer.rb
@@ -4,10 +4,13 @@ require "rake/file_list"
 module Rails
   class TestRequirer # :nodoc:
     class << self
-      def require_files(patterns)
+      def require_files(patterns, exclude_patterns = [])
         patterns = expand_patterns(patterns)
 
-        Rake::FileList[patterns.compact.presence || "test/**/*_test.rb"].to_a.each do |file|
+        file_list = Rake::FileList[patterns.compact.presence || "test/**/*_test.rb"]
+        file_list.exclude(exclude_patterns)
+
+        file_list.to_a.each do |file|
           require File.expand_path(file)
         end
       end
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/testing.rake b/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/testing.rake
index 4dde3d3c97..ef19bd7626 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/testing.rake
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/test_unit/testing.rake
@@ -4,15 +4,15 @@ require "rails/test_unit/minitest_plugin"
 
 task default: :test
 
-desc "Runs all tests in test folder"
+desc "Runs all tests in test folder except system ones"
 task :test do
   $: << "test"
-  pattern = if ENV.key?("TEST")
-    ENV["TEST"]
+
+  if ENV.key?("TEST")
+    Minitest.rake_run([ENV["TEST"]])
   else
-    "test"
+    Minitest.rake_run(["test"], ["test/system/**/*"])
   end
-  Minitest.rake_run([pattern])
 end
 
 namespace :test do