Apparently the new Rails 3 generators do not support looking up custom
generators in ~/.rails/generators anymore. Here is a bash function
that copies a generator from ~/.rails/generators/GENERATOR into
your rails app so that it can be used without having to turn it into a plugin /
gem.
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| # Source this in your bashrc | |
| function cpgen { | |
| if [ ! -d "./lib/generators" ]; then | |
| mkdir './lib/generators' | |
| fi | |
| cp -r ~/.rails/generators/$1 lib/generators | |
| } |
Note that Rails 3 does not support older 2.x style generators so you have have to re-write those using the new Thor syntax. Here are some helpful links: