module Rails::Generators

Constants

DEFAULT_ALIASES
DEFAULT_OPTIONS
RAILS_DEV_PATH

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.

Public Class Methods

api_only!() Show source
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 121
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

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.

fallbacks() Show source
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 113
def fallbacks
  @fallbacks ||= {}
end

Hold configured generators fallbacks. If a plugin developer wants a generator group to fallback 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
help(command = "generate") Show source
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 180
def help(command = "generate")
  puts "Usage: 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

Show help message with available generators.

hidden_namespaces() Show source
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 140
def hidden_namespaces
  @hidden_namespaces ||= begin
    orm      = options[:rails][:orm]
    test     = options[:rails][:test_framework]
    template = options[:rails][:template_engine]
    css      = options[:rails][:stylesheet_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",
      "#{css}:scaffold",
      "#{css}:assets",
      "css:assets",
      "css:scaffold",
      "action_text:install",
      "action_mailbox:install"
    ]
  end
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”, others are private to other generators such as “css:scaffold”.

hide_namespace(*namespaces)
Alias for: hide_namespaces
hide_namespaces(*namespaces) Show source
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 174
def hide_namespaces(*namespaces)
  hidden_namespaces.concat(namespaces)
end
Also aliased as: hide_namespace
invoke(namespace, args = ARGV, config = {}) Show source
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 271
      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)
          suggestion  = Rails::Command::Spellchecker.suggest(namespace.to_s, from: options)
          suggestion_msg = "Maybe you meant #{suggestion.inspect}?" if suggestion

          puts <<~MSG
            Could not find generator '#{namespace}'. #{suggestion_msg}
            Run `bin/rails generate --help` for more options.
          MSG
        end
      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.

print_generators() Show source
public_namespaces() Show source
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 196
def public_namespaces
  lookup!
  subclasses.map(&:namespace)
end
sorted_groups() Show source
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 205
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

command_type() Show source
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 316
def command_type # :doc:
  @command_type ||= "generator"
end
file_lookup_paths() Show source
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 324
def file_lookup_paths # :doc:
  @file_lookup_paths ||= [ "{#{lookup_paths.join(',')}}", "**", "*_generator.rb" ]
end
lookup_paths() Show source
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 320
def lookup_paths # :doc:
  @lookup_paths ||= %w( rails/generators generators )
end
print_list(base, namespaces) Show source
Calls superclass method

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