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Instance Public methods

add_source(source, options = {}, &block)

Add the given source to Gemfile

If block is given, gem entries in block are wrapped into the source group.

add_source "http://gems.github.com/" add_source "http://gems.github.com/" do gem "rspec-rails" end 
# File railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb, line 151 def add_source(source, options = {}, &block) log :source, source in_root do if block append_file_with_newline "Gemfile", "\nsource #{quote(source)} do", force: true with_indentation(&block) append_file_with_newline "Gemfile", "end", force: true else prepend_file "Gemfile", "source #{quote(source)}\n", verbose: false end end end

application(data = nil, options = {})

Alias for: environment

environment(data = nil, options = {})

Adds configuration code to a Rails runtime environment.

By default, adds code inside the Application class in config/application.rb so that it applies to all environments.

environment %(config.asset_host = "cdn.provider.com") 

Results in:

# config/application.rb class Application < Rails::Application config.asset_host = "cdn.provider.com" # ... end 

If the :env option is specified, the code will be added to the corresponding file in config/environments instead.

environment %(config.asset_host = "localhost:3000"), env: "development" 

Results in:

# config/environments/development.rb Rails.application.configure do config.asset_host = "localhost:3000" # ... end 

:env can also be an array. In which case, the code is added to each corresponding file in config/environments.

The code can also be specified as the return value of the block:

environment do %(config.asset_host = "cdn.provider.com") end environment(nil, env: "development") do %(config.asset_host = "localhost:3000") end 
Also aliased as: application
# File railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb, line 206 def environment(data = nil, options = {}) sentinel = "class Application < Rails::Application\n" env_file_sentinel = "Rails.application.configure do\n" data ||= yield if block_given? in_root do if options[:env].nil? inject_into_file "config/application.rb", optimize_indentation(data, 4), after: sentinel, verbose: false else Array(options[:env]).each do |env| inject_into_file "config/environments/#{env}.rb", optimize_indentation(data, 2), after: env_file_sentinel, verbose: false end end end end

gem(*args)

Adds a gem declaration to the Gemfile for the specified gem.

gem "rspec", group: :test gem "technoweenie-restful-authentication", lib: "restful-authentication", source: "http://gems.github.com/" gem "rails", "3.0", git: "https://github.com/rails/rails" gem "RedCloth", ">= 4.1.0", "< 4.2.0" gem "rspec", comment: "Put this comment above the gem declaration" 

Note that this method only adds the gem to the Gemfile; it does not install the gem.

Options

:version

The version constraints for the gem, specified as a string or an array of strings:

gem "my_gem", version: "~> 1.1" gem "my_gem", version: [">= 1.1", "< 2.0"] 

Alternatively, can be specified as one or more arguments following the gem name:

gem "my_gem", ">= 1.1", "< 2.0" 
:comment

Outputs a comment above the gem declaration in the Gemfile.

gem "my_gem", comment: "First line.\nSecond line." 

Outputs:

# First line. # Second line. gem "my_gem" 
:group

The gem group in the Gemfile that the gem belongs to.

:git

The URL of the git repository for the gem.

Any additional options passed to this method will be appended to the gem declaration in the Gemfile. For example:

gem "my_gem", comment: "Edge my_gem", git: "https://example.com/my_gem.git", branch: "master" 

Outputs:

# Edge my_gem gem "my_gem", git: "https://example.com/my_gem.git", branch: "master" 
# File railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb, line 67 def gem(*args) options = args.extract_options! name, *versions = args # Set the message to be shown in logs. Uses the git repo if one is given, # otherwise use name (version). parts, message = [ quote(name) ], name.dup # Output a comment above the gem declaration. comment = options.delete(:comment) if versions = versions.any? ? versions : options.delete(:version) _versions = Array(versions) _versions.each do |version| parts << quote(version) end message << " (#{_versions.join(", ")})" end message = options[:git] if options[:git] log :gemfile, message parts << quote(options) unless options.empty? in_root do str = [] if comment comment.each_line do |comment_line| str << indentation str << "# #{comment_line}" end str << "\n" end str << indentation str << "gem #{parts.join(", ")}" append_file_with_newline "Gemfile", str.join, verbose: false end end

gem_group(*names, &block)

Wraps gem entries inside a group.

gem_group :development, :test do gem "rspec-rails" end 
# File railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb, line 111 def gem_group(*names, &block) options = names.extract_options! str = names.map(&:inspect) str << quote(options) unless options.empty? str = str.join(", ") log :gemfile, "group #{str}" in_root do append_file_with_newline "Gemfile", "\ngroup #{str} do", force: true with_indentation(&block) append_file_with_newline "Gemfile", "end", force: true end end

generate(what, *args)

Runs another generator.

generate "scaffold", "Post title:string body:text" generate "scaffold", "Post", "title:string", "body:text" 

The first argument is the generator name, and the remaining arguments are joined together and passed to the generator.

# File railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb, line 332 def generate(what, *args) log :generate, what options = args.extract_options! options[:abort_on_failure] = !options[:inline] rails_command "generate #{what} #{args.join(" ")}", options end

git(commands = {})

Runs one or more git commands.

git :init # => runs `git init` git add: "this.file that.rb" # => runs `git add this.file that.rb` git commit: "-m 'First commit'" # => runs `git commit -m 'First commit'` git add: "good.rb", rm: "bad.cxx" # => runs `git add good.rb; git rm bad.cxx` 
# File railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb, line 237 def git(commands = {}) if commands.is_a?(Symbol) run "git #{commands}" else commands.each do |cmd, options| run "git #{cmd} #{options}" end end end

github(repo, options = {}, &block)

# File railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb, line 125 def github(repo, options = {}, &block) str = [quote(repo)] str << quote(options) unless options.empty? str = str.join(", ") log :github, "github #{str}" in_root do if @indentation.zero? append_file_with_newline "Gemfile", "\ngithub #{str} do", force: true else append_file_with_newline "Gemfile", "#{indentation}github #{str} do", force: true end with_indentation(&block) append_file_with_newline "Gemfile", "#{indentation}end", force: true end end

initializer(filename, data = nil)

Creates an initializer file in config/initializers/. The code can be specified as an argument or as the return value of the block.

initializer "api.rb", <<~RUBY API_KEY = "123456" RUBY initializer "api.rb" do %(API_KEY = "123456") end 
# File railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb, line 319 def initializer(filename, data = nil) log :initializer, filename data ||= yield if block_given? create_file("config/initializers/#{filename}", optimize_indentation(data), verbose: false) end

lib(filename, data = nil)

Creates a file in lib/. The contents can be specified as an argument or as the return value of the block.

lib "foreign.rb", <<~RUBY # Foreign code is fun RUBY lib "foreign.rb" do "# Foreign code is fun" end 
# File railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb, line 275 def lib(filename, data = nil) log :lib, filename data ||= yield if block_given? create_file("lib/#{filename}", optimize_indentation(data), verbose: false) end

rails_command(command, options = {})

Runs the specified Rails command.

rails_command "db:migrate" rails_command "db:migrate", env: "production" rails_command "db:migrate", abort_on_failure: true rails_command "stats", capture: true rails_command "gems:install", sudo: true 

Options

:env

The Rails environment in which to run the command. Defaults to ENV["RAILS_ENV"] || "development".

:abort_on_failure

Whether to halt the generator if the command exits with a non-success exit status.

:capture

Whether to capture and return the output of the command.

:sudo

Whether to run the command using sudo.

# File railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb, line 391 def rails_command(command, options = {}) if options[:inline] log :rails, command command, *args = Shellwords.split(command) in_root do silence_warnings do ::Rails::Command.invoke(command, args, **options) end end else execute_command :rails, command, options end end

rake(command, options = {})

Runs the specified Rake task.

rake "db:migrate" rake "db:migrate", env: "production" rake "db:migrate", abort_on_failure: true rake "stats", capture: true rake "gems:install", sudo: true 

Options

:env

The Rails environment in which to run the task. Defaults to ENV["RAILS_ENV"] || "development".

:abort_on_failure

Whether to halt the generator if the task exits with a non-success exit status.

:capture

Whether to capture and return the output of the task.

:sudo

Whether to run the task using sudo.

# File railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb, line 364 def rake(command, options = {}) execute_command :rake, command, options end

rakefile(filename, data = nil)

Creates a Rake tasks file in lib/tasks/. The code can be specified as an argument or as the return value of the block.

rakefile "bootstrap.rake", <<~RUBY task :bootstrap do puts "Boots! Boots! Boots!" end RUBY rakefile "bootstrap.rake" do project = ask("What is the UNIX name of your project?") <<~RUBY namespace :#{project} do task :bootstrap do puts "Boots! Boots! Boots!" end end RUBY end 
# File railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb, line 302 def rakefile(filename, data = nil) log :rakefile, filename data ||= yield if block_given? create_file("lib/tasks/#{filename}", optimize_indentation(data), verbose: false) end

readme(path)

Reads the given file at the source root and prints it in the console.

readme "README" 
# File railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb, line 442 def readme(path) log File.read(find_in_source_paths(path)) end

route(routing_code, namespace: nil)

Make an entry in Rails routing file config/routes.rb

route "root 'welcome#index'" route "root 'admin#index'", namespace: :admin 
# File railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb, line 409 def route(routing_code, namespace: nil) namespace = Array(namespace) namespace_pattern = route_namespace_pattern(namespace) routing_code = namespace.reverse.reduce(routing_code) do |code, name| "namespace :#{name} do\n#{rebase_indentation(code, 2)}end" end log :route, routing_code in_root do if namespace_match = match_file("config/routes.rb", namespace_pattern) base_indent, *, existing_block_indent = namespace_match.captures.compact.map(&:length) existing_line_pattern = /^[ ]{,#{existing_block_indent}}\S.+\n?/ routing_code = rebase_indentation(routing_code, base_indent + 2).gsub(existing_line_pattern, "") namespace_pattern = /#{Regexp.escape namespace_match.to_s}/ end inject_into_file "config/routes.rb", routing_code, after: namespace_pattern, verbose: false, force: false if behavior == :revoke && namespace.any? && namespace_match empty_block_pattern = /(#{namespace_pattern})((?:\s*end\n){1,#{namespace.size}})/ gsub_file "config/routes.rb", empty_block_pattern, verbose: false, force: true do |matched| beginning, ending = empty_block_pattern.match(matched).captures ending.sub!(/\A\s*end\n/, "") while !ending.empty? && beginning.sub!(/^[ ]*namespace .+ do\n\s*\z/, "") beginning + ending end end end end

vendor(filename, data = nil)

Creates a file in vendor/. The contents can be specified as an argument or as the return value of the block.

vendor "foreign.rb", <<~RUBY # Foreign code is fun RUBY vendor "foreign.rb" do "# Foreign code is fun" end 
# File railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb, line 258 def vendor(filename, data = nil) log :vendor, filename data ||= yield if block_given? create_file("vendor/#{filename}", optimize_indentation(data), verbose: false) end

Instance Private methods

execute_command(executor, command, options = {})

Runs the supplied command using either rake or rails based on the executor parameter provided.

# File railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb, line 461 def execute_command(executor, command, options = {}) # :doc: log executor, command sudo = options[:sudo] && !Gem.win_platform? ? "sudo " : "" config = { env: { "RAILS_ENV" => (options[:env] || ENV["RAILS_ENV"] || "development") }, verbose: false, capture: options[:capture], abort_on_failure: options[:abort_on_failure], } in_root { run("#{sudo}#{Shellwords.escape Gem.ruby} bin/#{executor} #{command}", config) } end

indentation()

Returns a string corresponding to the current indentation level (i.e. 2 * @indentation spaces). See also with_indentation, which can be used to manage the indentation level.

# File railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb, line 496 def indentation # :doc: " " * @indentation end

log(*args)

Define log for backwards compatibility. If just one argument is sent, invoke say, otherwise invoke say_status. Differently from say and similarly to say_status, this method respects the quiet? option given.

# File railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb, line 450 def log(*args) # :doc: if args.size == 1 say args.first.to_s unless options.quiet? else args << (behavior == :invoke ? :green : :red) say_status(*args) end end

optimize_indentation(value, amount = 0)

Returns optimized string with indentation

Also aliased as: rebase_indentation
# File railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb, line 487 def optimize_indentation(value, amount = 0) # :doc: return "#{value}\n" unless value.is_a?(String) "#{value.strip_heredoc.indent(amount).chomp}\n" end

quote(value)

Always returns value in double quotes.

# File railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb, line 475 def quote(value) # :doc: if value.respond_to? :each_pair return value.map do |k, v| "#{k}: #{quote(v)}" end.join(", ") end return value.inspect unless value.is_a? String "\"#{value.tr("'", '"')}\"" end

with_indentation(&block)

Increases the current indentation indentation level for the duration of the given block, and decreases it after the block ends. Call indentation to get an indentation string.

# File railties/lib/rails/generators/actions.rb, line 503 def with_indentation(&block) # :doc: @indentation += 1 instance_eval(&block) ensure @indentation -= 1 end