title: Cannot run Mocha with CoffeeScript
body: <p>Makefile - Content:</p>
  
  <pre><code>REPORTER = dot
  
  all: build
  
  build:
      @./node_modules/coffee-script/bin/coffee \
          -c \
          -o lib src
  
  clean:
      rm -rf lib
      mkdir lib
  
  watch:
      @./node_modules/coffee-script/bin/coffee \
          -o lib \
          -cw src
  
  test:
      @./node_modules/mocha/bin/mocha \
          --reporter $(REPORTER) \
          test/*.coffee
  
  .PHONY: build clean watch test
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The project root directory has a test folder with two files: mocha.opts and example.coffee</p>
  
  <p>example.coffee - Content</p>
  
  <pre><code>describe "feature", -&gt;
     it "should add two numbers", -&gt;
         (2+2).should.equal 4
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>On running <code>make test</code>, getting the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>cribe 'feature',
        ^^^^^^^^^
  
  node.js:201
          throw e; // process.nextTick error, or 'error' event on first tick
                ^
  SyntaxError: Unexpected string
      at Module._compile (module.js:429:25)
      at Object..js (module.js:459:10)
      at Module.load (module.js:348:31)
      at Function._load (module.js:308:12)
      at Module.require (module.js:354:17)
      at require (module.js:370:17)
      at /home/my_username/testcode/coffeepress/node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha:261:27
      at Array.forEach (native)
      at load (/home/my_username/testcode/coffeepress/node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha:258:9)
      at Object.&lt;anonymous&gt; (/home/my_username/testcode/coffeepress/node_modules/mocha/bin/_mocha:249:1)
      at Module._compile (module.js:441:26)
      at Object..js (module.js:459:10)
      at Module.load (module.js:348:31)
      at Function._load (module.js:308:12)
      at Array.0 (module.js:479:10)
      at EventEmitter._tickCallback (node.js:192:40)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Running Mocha with js files succeeds, but cannot get it to run with CoffeeScript. I really want to - for code brevity.</p>
  
  <p>Please guide. </p>