Those are assertions that I really do miss from the standard
`ActiveSupport::TestCase`. Think of those as a more general version of
`assert_difference` and `assert_no_difference` (those can be implemented
by assert_changes, should this change be accepted).
Why do we need those? They are useful when you want to check a
side-effect of an operation. `assert_difference` do cover a really
common case, but we `assert_changes` gives us more control. Having a
global error flag? You can test it easily with `assert_changes`. In
fact, you can be really specific about the initial state and the
terminal one.
```ruby
error = Error.new(:bad)
assert_changes -> { Error.current }, from: nil, to: error do
expected_bad_operation
end
```
`assert_changes` follows `assert_difference` and a string can be given
for evaluation as well.
```ruby
error = Error.new(:bad)
assert_changes 'Error.current', from: nil, to: error do
expected_bad_operation
end
```
Check out the test cases if you wanna see more examples.
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