I’ve got some generator tweaks I’d like to make (e.g. controllers, model & scaffold) but I’m wondering whether I should either (a) take a copy and modify the existing controllers or (b) try to extend the existing generators so as to better leverage rails upgrades in the future.
Does anyone know whether (b) is possible? That is, is there a way to make changes/additions to the custom rails generators in a way that won’t break for future rails releases? Or is this difficult or not possible and I should really just create my own generators (based on the rails ones as a starting point).
Hi,I've got some generator tweaks I'd like to make (e.g. controllers, model &
scaffold) but I'm wondering whether I should either (a) take a copy and modify
the existing controllers or (b) try to extend the existing generators so as to
better leverage rails upgrades in the future.
Does anyone know whether (b) is possible? That is, is there a way to make
changes/additions to the custom rails generators in a way that won't break for
future rails releases? Or is this difficult or not possible and I should really
just create my own generators (based on the rails ones as a starting point).
Personally I'd go with taking a copy, otherwise there's no way to tell whether
the changes being made are going to have aneffect on the lines you're adding.
On the other hand, it's definitely possible to call a generate script from your
generate script, using m.dependency in your generate script, for example
m.dependency 'model', [@model_name] # adds or removes a model depending on
# whether this script is being called with create or destroy