Add magic encoding comment to generated files

I think your problem here is that you aren't creating your model correctly. The scaffold (not skaffold ??) generator does not add anything extra to your models/comment.rb file. So you need to explicitly add the reference to post:

class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base belongs_to :post end

This should allow the fixtures to work as they are generated.

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class Comment < ActiveRecord::Base
  belongs_to :post
end

Agree with Glenn. The generated fixtures are actually giving you a hint about the "foxy fixtures" feature. This allows using record label references instead of numeric ids on fixtures.

For example,

post_by_john:
  author: John Smith
  title: How to implement "lorem ipsum"
  body: >
    Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit.

comment_on_johns_post_by_mary:
  author: Mary White
  body: >
    That was a great post about using "lorem ipsum", John.
  post: post_by_john

comment_on_johns_post_by_peter:
  author: Peter Black
  body: >
    Not sure, take a look at "dolor sit amet" instead.
  post: post_by_john

So, IMO the generated files are correct. You should be using more "post" and less "post_id" on fixtures.

Indeed the expectation is that foxy fixtures be used, but perhaps the real fix here is automatically generating a model with a belongs_to for the "references" attributes?

+1 for Tarmo's idea. Still, I would stop there and don't try to check if the referenced model includes the matching has_many/has_one.

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