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module Rails::Generators

Constants

{
rails: {
actions: "-a",
orm: "-o",
javascripts: ["-j", "--js"],
resource_controller: "-c",
scaffold_controller: "-c",
stylesheets: "-y",
template_engine: "-e",
test_framework: "-t"
},

test_unit: {
fixture_replacement: "-r",
}
}
{
rails: {
api: false,
assets: true,
force_plural: false,
helper: true,
integration_tool: nil,
orm: false,
resource_controller: :controller,
resource_route: true,
scaffold_controller: :scaffold_controller,
system_tests: nil,
test_framework: nil,
template_engine: :erb
}
}

We need to store the RAILS_DEV_PATH in a constant, otherwise the path can change in Ruby 1.8.7 when we FileUtils.cd.

File.expand_path("../../../../../..", __dir__)

Public class methods

Configure generators for API only applications. It basically hides everything that is usually browser related, such as assets and session migration generators, and completely disable helpers and assets so generators such as scaffold won’t create them.

Source code GitHub
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 113
def api_only!
  hide_namespaces "assets", "helper", "css", "js"

  options[:rails].merge!(
    api: true,
    assets: false,
    helper: false,
    template_engine: nil
  )

  options[:mailer] ||= {}
  options[:mailer][:template_engine] ||= :erb
end

Hold configured generators fallbacks. If a plugin developer wants a generator group to fall back to another group in case of missing generators, they can add a fallback.

For example, shoulda is considered a test_framework and is an extension of test_unit. However, most part of shoulda generators are similar to test_unit ones.

Shoulda then can tell generators to search for test_unit generators when some of them are not available by adding a fallback:

Rails::Generators.fallbacks[:shoulda] = :test_unit
Source code GitHub
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 105
def fallbacks
  @fallbacks ||= {}
end

Show help message with available generators.

Source code GitHub
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 166
def help(command = "generate")
  puts "Usage:"
  puts "  bin/rails #{command} GENERATOR [args] [options]"
  puts
  puts "General options:"
  puts "  -h, [--help]     # Print generator's options and usage"
  puts "  -p, [--pretend]  # Run but do not make any changes"
  puts "  -f, [--force]    # Overwrite files that already exist"
  puts "  -s, [--skip]     # Skip files that already exist"
  puts "  -q, [--quiet]    # Suppress status output"
  puts
  puts "Please choose a generator below."
  puts

  print_generators
end

Returns an array of generator namespaces that are hidden. Generator namespaces may be hidden for a variety of reasons. Some are aliased such as “rails:migration” and can be invoked with the shorter “migration”.

Source code GitHub
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 131
def hidden_namespaces
  @hidden_namespaces ||= begin
    orm      = options[:rails][:orm]
    test     = options[:rails][:test_framework]
    template = options[:rails][:template_engine]

    [
      "rails",
      "resource_route",
      "#{orm}:migration",
      "#{orm}:model",
      "#{test}:controller",
      "#{test}:helper",
      "#{test}:integration",
      "#{test}:system",
      "#{test}:mailer",
      "#{test}:model",
      "#{test}:scaffold",
      "#{test}:view",
      "#{test}:job",
      "#{template}:controller",
      "#{template}:scaffold",
      "#{template}:mailer",
      "action_text:install",
      "action_mailbox:install"
    ]
  end
end

Alias for: hide_namespaces.

Also aliased as: hide_namespace.

Source code GitHub
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 160
def hide_namespaces(*namespaces)
  hidden_namespaces.concat(namespaces)
end

Receives a namespace, arguments, and the behavior to invoke the generator. It’s used as the default entry point for generate, destroy, and update commands.

Source code GitHub
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 258
      def invoke(namespace, args = ARGV, config = {})
        names = namespace.to_s.split(":")
        if klass = find_by_namespace(names.pop, names.any? && names.join(":"))
          args << "--help" if args.empty? && klass.arguments.any?(&:required?)
          klass.start(args, config)
          run_after_generate_callback if config[:behavior] == :invoke
        else
          options = sorted_groups.flat_map(&:last)
          error = Command::CorrectableNameError.new("Could not find generator '#{namespace}'.", namespace, options)

          puts <<~MSG
            #{error.detailed_message}
            Run `bin/rails generate --help` for more options.
          MSG
        end
      end
Source code GitHub
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 188
def print_generators
  sorted_groups.each { |b, n| print_list(b, n) }
end
Source code GitHub
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 183
def public_namespaces
  lookup!
  subclasses.map(&:namespace)
end
Source code GitHub
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 192
def sorted_groups
  namespaces = public_namespaces
  namespaces.sort!

  groups = Hash.new { |h, k| h[k] = [] }
  namespaces.each do |namespace|
    base = namespace.split(":").first
    groups[base] << namespace
  end

  rails = groups.delete("rails")
  rails.map! { |n| n.delete_prefix("rails:") }
  rails.delete("app")
  rails.delete("plugin")
  rails.delete("encrypted_secrets")
  rails.delete("encrypted_file")
  rails.delete("encryption_key_file")
  rails.delete("master_key")
  rails.delete("credentials")
  rails.delete("db:system:change")

  hidden_namespaces.each { |n| groups.delete(n.to_s) }

  [[ "rails", rails ]] + groups.sort.to_a
end

Private class methods

Source code GitHub
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 302
def command_type # :doc:
  @command_type ||= "generator"
end
Source code GitHub
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 310
def file_lookup_paths # :doc:
  @file_lookup_paths ||= [ "{#{lookup_paths.join(',')}}", "**", "*_generator.rb" ]
end
Source code GitHub
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 306
def lookup_paths # :doc:
  @lookup_paths ||= %w( rails/generators generators )
end
Source code GitHub
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 281
def print_list(base, namespaces) # :doc:
  namespaces = namespaces.reject { |n| hidden_namespaces.include?(n) }
  super
end

Namespace

Definition files

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