added option to force polling instead of messing with the detection

lib/tasks/autospec.rake

@@ -4,6 +4,15 @@
 
 desc "Run all specs automatically as needed"
 task "autospec" => :environment do
+  puts "If file watching is not working you can force polling with: bundle exec rake autospec p l=3"
   require 'autospec/runner'
-  Autospec::Runner.run
+
+  force_polling = ARGV.any?{|a| a == "p" || a == "polling"}
+  latency = (ARGV.find{|a| a =~ /l=|latency=/}.split("=")[1] || 3).to_i
+
+  if force_polling
+    puts "polling has been forced (slower) checking every #{latency} #{"second".pluralize(latency)}"
+  end
+
+  Autospec::Runner.run(force_polling: force_polling, latency: latency)
 end