Rails will now generate Ruby 1.9 style hash when running app generator on Ruby 1.9.x

The new hash syntax of Ruby 1.9 looks more superior, so we decide to switch to it in the places that appropriate.

3 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
index a2eaf7a6fb..47dc6ce103 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/app_base.rb
@@ -174,6 +174,15 @@ module Rails
         create_file("#{destination}/.gitkeep") unless options[:skip_git]
       end
 
+      # Returns Ruby 1.9 style key-value pair if current code is running on
+      # Ruby 1.9.x. Returns the old-style (with hash rocket) otherwise.
+      def key_value(key, value)
+        if RUBY_VERSION < '1.9'
+          ":#{key} => #{value}"
+        else
+          "#{key}: #{value}"
+        end
+      end
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/initializers/session_store.rb.tt b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/initializers/session_store.rb.tt
index 62aa06dc3e..ddfe4ba1e1 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/initializers/session_store.rb.tt
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/config/initializers/session_store.rb.tt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Be sure to restart your server when you modify this file.
 
-<%= app_const %>.config.session_store :cookie_store, :key => '_<%= app_name %>_session'
+<%= app_const %>.config.session_store :cookie_store, <%= key_value :key, "'_#{app_name}_session'" %>
 
 # Use the database for sessions instead of the cookie-based default,
 # which shouldn't be used to store highly confidential information
diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/db/seeds.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/db/seeds.rb
index 664d8c74c8..9a2efa68a7 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/db/seeds.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/app/templates/db/seeds.rb
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@
 #
 # Examples:
 #
-#   cities = City.create([{ :name => 'Chicago' }, { :name => 'Copenhagen' }])
-#   Mayor.create(:name => 'Daley', :city => cities.first)
+#   cities = City.create([{ <%= key_value :name, "'Chicago'" %> }, { <%= key_value :name, "'Copenhagen'" %> }])
+#   Mayor.create(<%= key_value :name, "'Daley'" %>, <%= key_value :city, "cities.first" %>)