Update dependency rubocop-rspec to v3

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This PR contains the following updates:

Package	Change	Age	Confidence
rubocop-rspec (changelog)	'~>2.31' -> '~>3.0'

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Release Notes

rubocop/rubocop-rspec (rubocop-rspec)

v3.7.0

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• Mark RSpec/IncludeExamples as SafeAutoCorrect: false. ([@​yujideveloper])
• Fix a false positive for RSpec/LeakyConstantDeclaration when defining constants in explicit namespaces. ([@​naveg])
• Add support for error matchers (raise_exception and raise_error) to RSpec/Dialect. ([@​lovro-bikic])
• Don't register offenses for RSpec/DescribedClass within Data.define blocks. ([@​lovro-bikic])
• Add autocorrection support for RSpec/IteratedExpectation for single expectations. ([@​lovro-bikic])
• Exclude all cops from inspecting factorybot files, except if explicitly included. ([@​Mth0158])
• Fix a false positive for RSpec/ExcessiveDocstringSpacing when receivers are not RSpec methods. ([@​ydah])

v3.6.0

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• Fix false positive in RSpec/Pending, where it would mark the default block it as an offense. ([@​bquorning])
• Fix issue when Style/ContextWording is configured with a Prefix being interpreted as a boolean, like on. ([@​sakuro])
• Add new RSpec/IncludeExamples cop to enforce using it_behaves_like over include_examples. ([@​dvandersluis])
• Change RSpec/ScatteredSetup to allow around hooks to be scattered. ([@​ydah])
• Fix an error RSpec/ChangeByZero cop when without expect block. ([@​lee266])
• Fix a false positive for RSpec/DescribedClass when SkipBlocks is true and numblocks are used. ([@​earlopain])

v3.5.0

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• Don't let RSpec/PredicateMatcher replace respond_to? with two arguments with the RSpec respond_to matcher. ([@​bquorning])
• Fix RSpec/PredicateMatcher support for eql and equal matchers. ([@​bquorning])
• Pluginfy RuboCop RSpec. ([@​koic])

v3.4.0

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• Fix RSpec/SortMetadata cop to limit sorting to trailing metadata arguments. ([@​cbliard])
• Replace RSpec/StringAsInstanceDoubleConstant with RSpec/VerifiedDoubleReference configured to only support constant class references. ([@​corsonknowles])
• Fix RSpec/EmptyExampleGroup cop false positive when a simple conditional is used inside an iterator. ([@​lovro-bikic])

v3.3.0

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• Deprecate top_level_group? method from TopLevelGroup mixin as all of its callers were intentionally removed from Rubocop/RSpec. ([@​corsonknowles])
• Fix false positive for RSpec/EmptyMetadata for splat kwargs. ([@​pirj])

v3.2.0

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• Fix RSpec/VoidExpect to only operate inside an example block. ([@​corsonknowles])
• Change RSpec/ContextWording cop to always report an offense when both Prefixes and AllowedPatterns are empty. ([@​ydah])
• Add support for and and or compound matchers to RSpec/ChangeByZero cop. ([@​ydah])

v3.1.0

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• Add RSpec/StringAsInstanceDoubleConstant to check for and correct strings used as instance_doubles. ([@​corsonknowles])
• Fix false-positive for RSpec/UnspecifiedException when a method is literally named raise_exception. ([@​aarestad])
• Fix false-positive for RSpec/UnspecifiedException when not_to raise_error is used within a block. ([@​aarestad], [@​G-Rath])

v3.0.5

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• Fix false-negative and error for RSpec/MetadataStyle when non-literal args are used in metadata in EnforceStyle: hash. ([@​cbliard])
• Improve offense message for RSpec/IndexedLet. ([@​earlopain])

v3.0.4

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• Fix false-negative for UnspecifiedException when matcher is chained. ([@​r7kamura])

v3.0.3

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• Add support for Unicode RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK in RSpec/ExampleWording. ([@​jdufresne])
• Suppress deprecation warning for RSpec/MultipleExpectations, RSpec/MultipleMemoizedHelpers, and RSpec/NestedGroups cops. ([@​koic])

v3.0.2

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• Fix wrong autocorrect for RSpec/ScatteredSetup when hook contains heredoc. ([@​earlopain])
• Fix false negative for RSpec/PredicateMatcher when expectation contains custom failure message. ([@​earlopain])
• Facilitate the 3.0 upgrade flow with proper extracted cop messages. ([@​jeppester])

v3.0.1

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• Bump RuboCop requirement to +1.61. ([@​ydah])

v3.0.0

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• Remove extracted cops in Capybara, FactoryBot and Rails departments. ([@​ydah])
• Remove RuboCop::RSpec::Language::NodePattern. ([@​ydah])
• Remove RSpec/FilePath cop. ([@​ydah])
• Remove RSpec/Capybara/FeatureMethods cop. If you are using this cop, change it to use RSpec/Dialect. ([@​ydah])
• Add new RSpec/MissingExpectationTargetMethod cop. ([@​krororo])
• Fix an error for RSpec/ScatteredSetup when one of the hooks is an empty block. ([@​earlopain])

These previously pending cops are now enabled by default: RSpec/BeEmpty, RSpec/BeEq, RSpec/BeNil, RSpec/ChangeByZero, RSpec/ClassCheck, RSpec/ContainExactly, RSpec/DuplicatedMetadata, RSpec/EmptyMetadata, RSpec/EmptyOutput, RSpec/Eq, RSpec/ExcessiveDocstringSpacing, RSpec/ExpectInLet, RSpec/IdenticalEqualityAssertion, RSpec/IndexedLet, RSpec/IsExpectedSpecify, RSpec/MatchArray, RSpec/MetadataStyle, RSpec/NoExpectationExample, RSpec/PendingWithoutReason, RSpec/ReceiveMessages, RSpec/RedundantAround, RSpec/RedundantPredicateMatcher, RSpec/RemoveConst, RSpec/RepeatedSubjectCall, RSpec/SkipBlockInsideExample, RSpec/SortMetadata, RSpec/SpecFilePathFormat, RSpec/SpecFilePathSuffix, RSpec/SubjectDeclaration, RSpec/UndescriptiveLiteralsDescription, and RSpec/VerifiedDoubleReference.

Read more about how to upgrade in https://docs.rubocop.org/rubocop-rspec/upgrade_to_version_3.html

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