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 Mutant is a mutation testing tool for ruby.
 
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 This test selection strategy is compatible with the old `--rspec-dm2` and `--rspec-unit` strategy.
 The old flags were removed.  It allows to define very fine grained specs, or coarse grained - as you like.
 
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