How to not re-record VCR cassettes (part 1)

Sometimes when you make some small changes to a test that uses VCR the existing VCR recording varies just enough so that VCR insists that you re-record the VCR cassette, with the dreaded “VCR does not not know how to handle” error message. If rerecording the cassette requires a lot of setup, it’s useful to have a few workarounds to avoid this. This will be a series of posts, and I’m going to start…