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| author | Neeraj Singh <neerajdotname@gmail.com> | 2010-08-18 00:08:00 -0400 |
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| committer | Neeraj Singh <neerajdotname@gmail.com> | 2010-08-18 00:08:00 -0400 |
| commit | 7d0b69d916b46218524c7fe8fdb6a1d0b20caefe (patch) | |
| tree | c2838d0608611d63a8e518b37c4ea378511d8dd7 /railties/guides | |
| parent | 2a4eb69ff49464c4d60cf4863ddbb470316c0302 (diff) | |
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correcting the documentation which wrongly states that rails/init.rb file of a gem is loaded
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diff --git a/railties/guides/source/plugins.textile b/railties/guides/source/plugins.textile index f89043f216..2300786791 100644 --- a/railties/guides/source/plugins.textile +++ b/railties/guides/source/plugins.textile @@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ h3. Plugins as Gems Turning your rails plugin into a gem is a simple and straightforward task. This section will cover how to turn your plugin into a gem. It will not cover how to distribute that gem. -The initialization file has to be called +rails/init.rb+, the root +init.rb+ file, if any, is ignored by Rails. Also, the name of the plugin now is relevant since +config.gem+ tries to load it. Either name the main file after your gem, or document that users should use the +:lib+ option. +Rails 3 ignores both <tt>init.rb</tt> and <tt>rails/init.rb</tt> file of a gem. Also, the name of the plugin now is relevant since +config.gem+ tries to load it. Either name the main file after your gem, or document that users should use the +:lib+ option. It's common practice to put any developer-centric rake tasks (such as tests, rdoc and gem package tasks) in +Rakefile+. A rake task that packages the gem might look like this: |