Class Rails::Generator::Commands::Create
In: vendor/rails/railties/lib/rails_generator/commands.rb
Parent: Base

Create is the premier generator command. It copies files, creates directories, renders templates, and more.

Methods

Constants

SYNONYM_LOOKUP_URI = "http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=%s"

Public Instance methods

Check whether the given class names are already taken by Ruby or Rails. In the future, expand to check other namespaces such as the rest of the user‘s app.

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     # File vendor/rails/railties/lib/rails_generator/commands.rb, line 157
157:         def class_collisions(*class_names)
158: 
159:           # Initialize some check varibles
160:           last_class = Object
161:           current_class = nil
162:           name = nil
163: 
164:           class_names.flatten.each do |class_name|
165:             # Convert to string to allow symbol arguments.
166:             class_name = class_name.to_s
167: 
168:             # Skip empty strings.
169:             class_name.strip.empty? ? next : current_class = class_name
170: 
171:             # Split the class from its module nesting.
172:             nesting = class_name.split('::')
173:             name = nesting.pop
174: 
175:             # Extract the last Module in the nesting.
176:             last = nesting.inject(last_class) { |last, nest|
177:               break unless last_class.const_defined?(nest)
178:               last_class = last_class.const_get(nest)
179:             }
180: 
181:           end
182:           # If the last Module exists, check whether the given
183:           # class exists and raise a collision if so.
184: 
185:           if last_class and last_class.const_defined?(name.camelize)
186:             raise_class_collision(current_class)
187:           end
188:         end

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     # File vendor/rails/railties/lib/rails_generator/commands.rb, line 296
296:         def complex_template(relative_source, relative_destination, template_options = {})
297:           options = template_options.dup
298:           options[:assigns] ||= {}
299:           options[:assigns]['template_for_inclusion'] = render_template_part(template_options)
300:           template(relative_source, relative_destination, options)
301:         end

Create a directory including any missing parent directories. Always skips directories which exist.

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     # File vendor/rails/railties/lib/rails_generator/commands.rb, line 305
305:         def directory(relative_path)
306:           path = destination_path(relative_path)
307:           if File.exist?(path)
308:             logger.exists relative_path
309:           else
310:             logger.create relative_path
311:             unless options[:pretend]
312:               FileUtils.mkdir_p(path)
313:               # git doesn't require adding the paths, adding the files later will
314:               # automatically do a path add.
315: 
316:               # Subversion doesn't do path adds, so we need to add
317:               # each directory individually.
318:               # So stack up the directory tree and add the paths to
319:               # subversion in order without recursion.
320:               if options[:svn]
321:                 stack = [relative_path]
322:                 until File.dirname(stack.last) == stack.last # dirname('.') == '.'
323:                   stack.push File.dirname(stack.last)
324:                 end
325:                 stack.reverse_each do |rel_path|
326:                   svn_path = destination_path(rel_path)
327:                   system("svn add -N #{svn_path}") unless File.directory?(File.join(svn_path, '.svn'))
328:                 end
329:               end
330:             end
331:           end
332:         end

Copy a file from source to destination with collision checking.

The file_options hash accepts :chmod and :shebang and :collision options. :chmod sets the permissions of the destination file:

  file 'config/empty.log', 'log/test.log', :chmod => 0664

:shebang sets the #!/usr/bin/ruby line for scripts

  file 'bin/generate.rb', 'script/generate', :chmod => 0755, :shebang => '/usr/bin/env ruby'

:collision sets the collision option only for the destination file:

  file 'settings/server.yml', 'config/server.yml', :collision => :skip

Collisions are handled by checking whether the destination file exists and either skipping the file, forcing overwrite, or asking the user what to do.

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     # File vendor/rails/railties/lib/rails_generator/commands.rb, line 203
203:         def file(relative_source, relative_destination, file_options = {}, &block)
204:           # Determine full paths for source and destination files.
205:           source              = source_path(relative_source)
206:           destination         = destination_path(relative_destination)
207:           destination_exists  = File.exist?(destination)
208: 
209:           # If source and destination are identical then we're done.
210:           if destination_exists and identical?(source, destination, &block)
211:             return logger.identical(relative_destination)
212:           end
213: 
214:           # Check for and resolve file collisions.
215:           if destination_exists
216: 
217:             # Make a choice whether to overwrite the file.  :force and
218:             # :skip already have their mind made up, but give :ask a shot.
219:             choice = case (file_options[:collision] || options[:collision]).to_sym #|| :ask
220:               when :ask   then force_file_collision?(relative_destination, source, destination, file_options, &block)
221:               when :force then :force
222:               when :skip  then :skip
223:               else raise "Invalid collision option: #{options[:collision].inspect}"
224:             end
225: 
226:             # Take action based on our choice.  Bail out if we chose to
227:             # skip the file; otherwise, log our transgression and continue.
228:             case choice
229:               when :force then logger.force(relative_destination)
230:               when :skip  then return(logger.skip(relative_destination))
231:               else raise "Invalid collision choice: #{choice}.inspect"
232:             end
233: 
234:           # File doesn't exist so log its unbesmirched creation.
235:           else
236:             logger.create relative_destination
237:           end
238: 
239:           # If we're pretending, back off now.
240:           return if options[:pretend]
241: 
242:           # Write destination file with optional shebang.  Yield for content
243:           # if block given so templaters may render the source file.  If a
244:           # shebang is requested, replace the existing shebang or insert a
245:           # new one.
246:           File.open(destination, 'wb') do |dest|
247:             dest.write render_file(source, file_options, &block)
248:           end
249: 
250:           # Optionally change permissions.
251:           if file_options[:chmod]
252:             FileUtils.chmod(file_options[:chmod], destination)
253:           end
254: 
255:           # Optionally add file to subversion or git
256:           system("svn add #{destination}") if options[:svn]
257:           system("git add -v #{relative_destination}") if options[:git]
258:         end

Checks if the source and the destination file are identical. If passed a block then the source file is a template that needs to first be evaluated before being compared to the destination.

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     # File vendor/rails/railties/lib/rails_generator/commands.rb, line 263
263:         def identical?(source, destination, &block)
264:           return false if File.directory? destination
265:           source      = block_given? ? File.open(source) {|sf| yield(sf)} : IO.read(source)
266:           destination = IO.read(destination)
267:           source == destination
268:         end

When creating a migration, it knows to find the first available file in db/migrate and use the migration.rb template.

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     # File vendor/rails/railties/lib/rails_generator/commands.rb, line 343
343:         def migration_template(relative_source, relative_destination, template_options = {})
344:           migration_directory relative_destination
345:           migration_file_name = template_options[:migration_file_name] || file_name
346:           raise "Another migration is already named #{migration_file_name}: #{existing_migrations(migration_file_name).first}" if migration_exists?(migration_file_name)
347:           template(relative_source, "#{relative_destination}/#{next_migration_string}_#{migration_file_name}.rb", template_options)
348:         end

Display a README.

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     # File vendor/rails/railties/lib/rails_generator/commands.rb, line 335
335:         def readme(*relative_sources)
336:           relative_sources.flatten.each do |relative_source|
337:             logger.readme relative_source
338:             puts File.read(source_path(relative_source)) unless options[:pretend]
339:           end
340:         end

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     # File vendor/rails/railties/lib/rails_generator/commands.rb, line 350
350:         def route_resources(*resources)
351:           resource_list = resources.map { |r| r.to_sym.inspect }.join(', ')
352:           sentinel = 'ActionController::Routing::Routes.draw do |map|'
353: 
354:           logger.route "map.resources #{resource_list}"
355:           unless options[:pretend]
356:             gsub_file 'config/routes.rb', /(#{Regexp.escape(sentinel)})/mi do |match|
357:               "#{match}\n  map.resources #{resource_list}\n"
358:             end
359:           end
360:         end

Generate a file for a Rails application using an ERuby template. Looks up and evaluates a template by name and writes the result.

The ERB template uses explicit trim mode to best control the proliferation of whitespace in generated code. <%- trims leading whitespace; -%> trims trailing whitespace including one newline.

A hash of template options may be passed as the last argument. The options accepted by the file are accepted as well as :assigns, a hash of variable bindings. Example:

  template 'foo', 'bar', :assigns => { :action => 'view' }

Template is implemented in terms of file. It calls file with a block which takes a file handle and returns its rendered contents.

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     # File vendor/rails/railties/lib/rails_generator/commands.rb, line 284
284:         def template(relative_source, relative_destination, template_options = {})
285:           file(relative_source, relative_destination, template_options) do |file|
286:             # Evaluate any assignments in a temporary, throwaway binding.
287:             vars = template_options[:assigns] || {}
288:             b = binding
289:             vars.each { |k,v| eval "#{k} = vars[:#{k}] || vars['#{k}']", b }
290: 
291:             # Render the source file with the temporary binding.
292:             ERB.new(file.read, nil, '-').result(b)
293:           end
294:         end

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