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Sam Pohlenz

Allow helpers directory to be overridden

Reported by Sam Pohlenz | November 20th, 2008 @ 10:22 PM | in 2.x

This patch allows the helpers directory for helper :all to be overridden.

It can be set using the helpers_dir class accessor on ActionController::Base or its descendants or via config.action_controller.helpers_dir = '/path/to/helpers' in the Rails initializer block.

The helpers directory must be in the load path.

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  • DHH

    DHH November 22nd, 2008 @ 06:02 PM

    Not that I don't like the patch, but I'm curious as to the use case that prompted this?

  • Sam Pohlenz

    Sam Pohlenz November 23rd, 2008 @ 12:42 AM

    In my latest project (yes, its a CMS), I'm aiming to keep the root folder structure as clean as possible (i.e. only plugins/, themes/, public/, config/, cms/) and keep all code related to the cms core tucked away in its own folder.

    I've done this to steer developers away from extending functionality directly inside the "app" folder and to instead build their functionality as plugins.

    Rails has done very well so far to accommodate this (I've been pleasantly surprised actually) and this is the only pain point (and its a small one) I've come across so far.

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    Repository November 23rd, 2008 @ 12:42 PM

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    (from [bdf995bc5da016e99d1636e62b39c92384263a9c]) Allow helpers directory to be overridden via ActionController::Base.helpers_dir (Sam Pohlenz) [#1424 state:committed]

    Signed-off-by: David Heinemeier Hansson david@loudthinking.com http://github.com/rails/rails/co...

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    Repository November 23rd, 2008 @ 01:10 PM

    (from [5ea9f2cac6e136e27d7fef2662412dda25391860]) Allow helpers directory to be overridden via ActionController::Base.helpers_dir (Sam Pohlenz) [#1424 state:committed]

    Signed-off-by: David Heinemeier Hansson david@loudthinking.com http://github.com/rails/rails/co...

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