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adding options to erb scaffold generator to include or skip custom views / templates

#5319

When I was working on customizing the erb scaffold generator to match the style and design I wanted to use by creating custom templates in /lib/templates/erb/scaffold I found that I wanted to add additional files.

I can now do something like the following:

$ rails generate scaffold FitType key:string name:string description:text --add-views=_nav --skip-views=new ...

  invoke    erb
  create      app/views/fit_types
  create      app/views/fit_types/index.html.erb
  create      app/views/fit_types/edit.html.erb
  create      app/views/fit_types/show.html.erb
  create      app/views/fit_types/_form.html.erb
  create      app/views/fit_types/_nav.html.erb

Reported by Deleted User · August 6th, 2010 @ 07:09 PM

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Deleted User
- Tag set to patch
- configuration_for_erb_scaffold_templates.diff 1.47 KB
August 6th, 2010 @ 07:13 PM
Robert Pankowecki
It seems quite nice but is it much better than just removing or adding those files later by yourself like
```
rails generate scaffold ... && rm app/views/fit_types/new* && touch app/views/fit_types/_nav.html.erb
```
?
August 7th, 2010 @ 10:44 AM
Deleted User
- Tag cleared.
Much better? IMHO yes..

Since by having it as an option, I can set the argument in the configuration file, and not have to type anything extra at all for each invocation, allowing me to have the scaffolding the way I want it, each and every time I invoke it.

This is about saving time, and keystrokes so After invoking the scaffold, I have either no changes necessary, or very minimal changes to make to make the resulting pages meet functional and aesthetic spec.

August 8th, 2010 @ 08:23 PM
Deleted User
- Tag set to patch
August 8th, 2010 @ 08:23 PM
Andrea Campi
- Tag changed from patch to generators, patch
+1

Also, I verified the patch still applies cleanly and works as advertised.

October 9th, 2010 @ 05:24 PM
Ryan Bigg
- Tag cleared.
- Importance changed from to Low
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October 11th, 2010 @ 12:10 PM
Aditya Sanghi
+1

Seems nice. I like more options on generators and such like.

The patch could do with some tests though.

October 13th, 2010 @ 06:27 PM
Aditya Sanghi
- State changed from new to incomplete
- Tag set to patch
Marking incomplete till we have patch with tests.

October 13th, 2010 @ 06:28 PM
Deleted User
Please excuse me being new to this, but how would I write a test for this?

October 19th, 2010 @ 04:56 PM
Andrea Campi
- Tag changed from patch to generators, patch
Try looking at @railties/test/generators/scaffold_generator_test.rb@, as well as the documentation for run_generators in @railties/lib/rails/generators/test_case.rb@; that should give you a starting point.

October 19th, 2010 @ 10:14 PM
Jeff Kreeftmeijer
- Tag cleared.
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November 7th, 2010 @ 04:56 PM
Jeff Kreeftmeijer
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November 8th, 2010 @ 08:28 AM
Santiago Pastorino
- State changed from incomplete to open
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February 9th, 2011 @ 12:31 AM
Santiago Pastorino
- State changed from open to stale
February 9th, 2011 @ 12:31 AM