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+++ b/guides/source/command_line.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+**DO NOT READ THIS FILE ON GITHUB, GUIDES ARE PUBLISHED ON http://guides.rubyonrails.org.**
+
The Rails Command Line
======================
@@ -7,7 +9,6 @@ After reading this guide, you will know:
* How to generate models, controllers, database migrations, and unit tests.
* How to start a development server.
* How to experiment with objects through an interactive shell.
-* How to profile and benchmark your new creation.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ There are a few commands that are absolutely critical to your everyday usage of
* `rails dbconsole`
* `rails new app_name`
-All commands can run with ```-h or --help``` to list more information.
+All commands can run with `-h` or `--help` to list more information.
Let's create a simple Rails application to step through each of these commands in context.
@@ -60,9 +61,9 @@ With no further work, `rails server` will run our new shiny Rails app:
```bash
$ cd commandsapp
-$ rails server
+$ bin/rails server
=> Booting WEBrick
-=> Rails 4.0.0 application starting in development on http://0.0.0.0:3000
+=> Rails 5.0.0 application starting in development on http://localhost:3000
=> Call with -d to detach
=> Ctrl-C to shutdown server
[2013-08-07 02:00:01] INFO WEBrick 1.3.1
@@ -77,10 +78,10 @@ INFO: You can also use the alias "s" to start the server: `rails s`.
The server can be run on a different port using the `-p` option. The default development environment can be changed using `-e`.
```bash
-$ rails server -e production -p 4000
+$ bin/rails server -e production -p 4000
```
-The `-b` option binds Rails to the specified IP, by default it is 0.0.0.0. You can run a server as a daemon by passing a `-d` option.
+The `-b` option binds Rails to the specified IP, by default it is localhost. You can run a server as a daemon by passing a `-d` option.
### `rails generate`
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ The `rails generate` command uses templates to create a whole lot of things. Run
INFO: You can also use the alias "g" to invoke the generator command: `rails g`.
```bash
-$ rails generate
+$ bin/rails generate
Usage: rails generate GENERATOR [args] [options]
...
@@ -114,7 +115,7 @@ Let's make our own controller with the controller generator. But what command sh
INFO: All Rails console utilities have help text. As with most *nix utilities, you can try adding `--help` or `-h` to the end, for example `rails server --help`.
```bash
-$ rails generate controller
+$ bin/rails generate controller
Usage: rails generate controller NAME [action action] [options]
...
@@ -123,25 +124,24 @@ Usage: rails generate controller NAME [action action] [options]
Description:
...
- To create a controller within a module, specify the controller name as a
- path like 'parent_module/controller_name'.
+ To create a controller within a module, specify the controller name as a path like 'parent_module/controller_name'.
...
Example:
- `rails generate controller CreditCard open debit credit close`
+ `rails generate controller CreditCards open debit credit close`
- Credit card controller with URLs like /credit_card/debit.
- Controller: app/controllers/credit_card_controller.rb
- Test: test/controllers/credit_card_controller_test.rb
- Views: app/views/credit_card/debit.html.erb [...]
- Helper: app/helpers/credit_card_helper.rb
+ Credit card controller with URLs like /credit_cards/debit.
+ Controller: app/controllers/credit_cards_controller.rb
+ Test: test/controllers/credit_cards_controller_test.rb
+ Views: app/views/credit_cards/debit.html.erb [...]
+ Helper: app/helpers/credit_cards_helper.rb
```
The controller generator is expecting parameters in the form of `generate controller ControllerName action1 action2`. Let's make a `Greetings` controller with an action of **hello**, which will say something nice to us.
```bash
-$ rails generate controller Greetings hello
+$ bin/rails generate controller Greetings hello
create app/controllers/greetings_controller.rb
route get "greetings/hello"
invoke erb
@@ -151,13 +151,11 @@ $ rails generate controller Greetings hello
create test/controllers/greetings_controller_test.rb
invoke helper
create app/helpers/greetings_helper.rb
- invoke test_unit
- create test/helpers/greetings_helper_test.rb
invoke assets
invoke coffee
- create app/assets/javascripts/greetings.js.coffee
+ create app/assets/javascripts/greetings.coffee
invoke scss
- create app/assets/stylesheets/greetings.css.scss
+ create app/assets/stylesheets/greetings.scss
```
What all did this generate? It made sure a bunch of directories were in our application, and created a controller file, a view file, a functional test file, a helper for the view, a JavaScript file and a stylesheet file.
@@ -182,7 +180,7 @@ Then the view, to display our message (in `app/views/greetings/hello.html.erb`):
Fire up your server using `rails server`.
```bash
-$ rails server
+$ bin/rails server
=> Booting WEBrick...
```
@@ -193,7 +191,7 @@ INFO: With a normal, plain-old Rails application, your URLs will generally follo
Rails comes with a generator for data models too.
```bash
-$ rails generate model
+$ bin/rails generate model
Usage:
rails generate model NAME [field[:type][:index] field[:type][:index]] [options]
@@ -216,7 +214,7 @@ But instead of generating a model directly (which we'll be doing later), let's s
We will set up a simple resource called "HighScore" that will keep track of our highest score on video games we play.
```bash
-$ rails generate scaffold HighScore game:string score:integer
+$ bin/rails generate scaffold HighScore game:string score:integer
invoke active_record
create db/migrate/20130717151933_create_high_scores.rb
create app/models/high_score.rb
@@ -238,26 +236,24 @@ $ rails generate scaffold HighScore game:string score:integer
create test/controllers/high_scores_controller_test.rb
invoke helper
create app/helpers/high_scores_helper.rb
- invoke test_unit
- create test/helpers/high_scores_helper_test.rb
invoke jbuilder
create app/views/high_scores/index.json.jbuilder
create app/views/high_scores/show.json.jbuilder
invoke assets
invoke coffee
- create app/assets/javascripts/high_scores.js.coffee
+ create app/assets/javascripts/high_scores.coffee
invoke scss
- create app/assets/stylesheets/high_scores.css.scss
+ create app/assets/stylesheets/high_scores.scss
invoke scss
- identical app/assets/stylesheets/scaffolds.css.scss
+ identical app/assets/stylesheets/scaffolds.scss
```
The generator checks that there exist the directories for models, controllers, helpers, layouts, functional and unit tests, stylesheets, creates the views, controller, model and database migration for HighScore (creating the `high_scores` table and fields), takes care of the route for the **resource**, and new tests for everything.
-The migration requires that we **migrate**, that is, run some Ruby code (living in that `20130717151933_create_high_scores.rb`) to modify the schema of our database. Which database? The sqlite3 database that Rails will create for you when we run the `rake db:migrate` command. We'll talk more about Rake in-depth in a little while.
+The migration requires that we **migrate**, that is, run some Ruby code (living in that `20130717151933_create_high_scores.rb`) to modify the schema of our database. Which database? The SQLite3 database that Rails will create for you when we run the `rake db:migrate` command. We'll talk more about Rake in-depth in a little while.
```bash
-$ rake db:migrate
+$ bin/rake db:migrate
== CreateHighScores: migrating ===============================================
-- create_table(:high_scores)
-> 0.0017s
@@ -269,7 +265,7 @@ INFO: Let's talk about unit tests. Unit tests are code that tests and makes asse
Let's see the interface Rails created for us.
```bash
-$ rails server
+$ bin/rails server
```
Go to your browser and open [http://localhost:3000/high_scores](http://localhost:3000/high_scores), now we can create new high scores (55,160 on Space Invaders!)
@@ -283,18 +279,43 @@ INFO: You can also use the alias "c" to invoke the console: `rails c`.
You can specify the environment in which the `console` command should operate.
```bash
-$ rails console staging
+$ bin/rails console staging
```
If you wish to test out some code without changing any data, you can do that by invoking `rails console --sandbox`.
```bash
-$ rails console --sandbox
-Loading development environment in sandbox (Rails 4.0.0)
+$ bin/rails console --sandbox
+Loading development environment in sandbox (Rails 5.0.0)
Any modifications you make will be rolled back on exit
irb(main):001:0>
```
+#### The app and helper objects
+
+Inside the `rails console` you have access to the `app` and `helper` instances.
+
+With the `app` method you can access url and path helpers, as well as do requests.
+
+```bash
+>> app.root_path
+=> "/"
+
+>> app.get _
+Started GET "/" for 127.0.0.1 at 2014-06-19 10:41:57 -0300
+...
+```
+
+With the `helper` method it is possible to access Rails and your application's helpers.
+
+```bash
+>> helper.time_ago_in_words 30.days.ago
+=> "about 1 month"
+
+>> helper.my_custom_helper
+=> "my custom helper"
+```
+
### `rails dbconsole`
`rails dbconsole` figures out which database you're using and drops you into whichever command line interface you would use with it (and figures out the command line parameters to give to it, too!). It supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite and SQLite3.
@@ -306,7 +327,7 @@ INFO: You can also use the alias "db" to invoke the dbconsole: `rails db`.
`runner` runs Ruby code in the context of Rails non-interactively. For instance:
```bash
-$ rails runner "Model.long_running_method"
+$ bin/rails runner "Model.long_running_method"
```
INFO: You can also use the alias "r" to invoke the runner: `rails r`.
@@ -314,7 +335,7 @@ INFO: You can also use the alias "r" to invoke the runner: `rails r`.
You can specify the environment in which the `runner` command should operate using the `-e` switch.
```bash
-$ rails runner -e staging "Model.long_running_method"
+$ bin/rails runner -e staging "Model.long_running_method"
```
### `rails destroy`
@@ -324,7 +345,7 @@ Think of `destroy` as the opposite of `generate`. It'll figure out what generate
INFO: You can also use the alias "d" to invoke the destroy command: `rails d`.
```bash
-$ rails generate model Oops
+$ bin/rails generate model Oops
invoke active_record
create db/migrate/20120528062523_create_oops.rb
create app/models/oops.rb
@@ -333,7 +354,7 @@ $ rails generate model Oops
create test/fixtures/oops.yml
```
```bash
-$ rails destroy model Oops
+$ bin/rails destroy model Oops
invoke active_record
remove db/migrate/20120528062523_create_oops.rb
remove app/models/oops.rb
@@ -349,41 +370,36 @@ Rake is Ruby Make, a standalone Ruby utility that replaces the Unix utility 'mak
You can get a list of Rake tasks available to you, which will often depend on your current directory, by typing `rake --tasks`. Each task has a description, and should help you find the thing you need.
-To get the full backtrace for running rake task you can pass the option
-```--trace``` to command line, for example ```rake db:create --trace```.
+To get the full backtrace for running rake task you can pass the option `--trace` to command line, for example `rake db:create --trace`.
```bash
-$ rake --tasks
+$ bin/rake --tasks
rake about # List versions of all Rails frameworks and the environment
-rake assets:clean # Remove compiled assets
+rake assets:clean # Remove old compiled assets
+rake assets:clobber # Remove compiled assets
rake assets:precompile # Compile all the assets named in config.assets.precompile
rake db:create # Create the database from config/database.yml for the current Rails.env
...
rake log:clear # Truncates all *.log files in log/ to zero bytes (specify which logs with LOGS=test,development)
rake middleware # Prints out your Rack middleware stack
...
-rake tmp:clear # Clear session, cache, and socket files from tmp/ (narrow w/ tmp:sessions:clear, tmp:cache:clear, tmp:sockets:clear)
-rake tmp:create # Creates tmp directories for sessions, cache, sockets, and pids
+rake tmp:clear # Clear cache and socket files from tmp/ (narrow w/ tmp:cache:clear, tmp:sockets:clear)
+rake tmp:create # Creates tmp directories for cache, sockets, and pids
```
-INFO: You can also use ```rake -T``` to get the list of tasks.
+INFO: You can also use `rake -T` to get the list of tasks.
### `about`
`rake about` gives information about version numbers for Ruby, RubyGems, Rails, the Rails subcomponents, your application's folder, the current Rails environment name, your app's database adapter, and schema version. It is useful when you need to ask for help, check if a security patch might affect you, or when you need some stats for an existing Rails installation.
```bash
-$ rake about
+$ bin/rake about
About your application's environment
-Ruby version 1.9.3 (x86_64-linux)
-RubyGems version 1.3.6
-Rack version 1.3
-Rails version 4.1.0
+Rails version 5.0.0
+Ruby version 2.2.0 (x86_64-linux)
+RubyGems version 2.4.5
+Rack version 1.6
JavaScript Runtime Node.js (V8)
-Active Record version 4.1.0
-Action Pack version 4.1.0
-Action View version 4.1.0
-Action Mailer version 4.1.0
-Active Support version 4.1.0
Middleware Rack::Sendfile, ActionDispatch::Static, Rack::Lock, #<ActiveSupport::Cache::Strategy::LocalCache::Middleware:0x007ffd131a7c88>, Rack::Runtime, Rack::MethodOverride, ActionDispatch::RequestId, Rails::Rack::Logger, ActionDispatch::ShowExceptions, ActionDispatch::DebugExceptions, ActionDispatch::RemoteIp, ActionDispatch::Reloader, ActionDispatch::Callbacks, ActiveRecord::Migration::CheckPending, ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::ConnectionManagement, ActiveRecord::QueryCache, ActionDispatch::Cookies, ActionDispatch::Session::CookieStore, ActionDispatch::Flash, ActionDispatch::ParamsParser, Rack::Head, Rack::ConditionalGet, Rack::ETag
Application root /home/foobar/commandsapp
Environment development
@@ -393,7 +409,9 @@ Database schema version 20110805173523
### `assets`
-You can precompile the assets in `app/assets` using `rake assets:precompile` and remove those compiled assets using `rake assets:clean`.
+You can precompile the assets in `app/assets` using `rake assets:precompile`, and remove older compiled assets using `rake assets:clean`. The `assets:clean` task allows for rolling deploys that may still be linking to an old asset while the new assets are being built.
+
+If you want to clear `public/assets` completely, you can use `rake assets:clobber`.
### `db`
@@ -411,10 +429,10 @@ The `doc:` namespace has the tools to generate documentation for your app, API d
### `notes`
-`rake notes` will search through your code for comments beginning with FIXME, OPTIMIZE or TODO. The search is done in files with extension `.builder`, `.rb`, `.erb`, `.haml` and `.slim` for both default and custom annotations.
+`rake notes` will search through your code for comments beginning with FIXME, OPTIMIZE or TODO. The search is done in files with extension `.builder`, `.rb`, `.rake`, `.yml`, `.yaml`, `.ruby`, `.css`, `.js` and `.erb` for both default and custom annotations.
```bash
-$ rake notes
+$ bin/rake notes
(in /home/foobar/commandsapp)
app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb:
* [ 20] [TODO] any other way to do this?
@@ -425,10 +443,16 @@ app/models/school.rb:
* [ 17] [FIXME]
```
+You can add support for new file extensions using `config.annotations.register_extensions` option, which receives a list of the extensions with its corresponding regex to match it up.
+
+```ruby
+config.annotations.register_extensions("scss", "sass", "less") { |annotation| /\/\/\s*(#{annotation}):?\s*(.*)$/ }
+```
+
If you are looking for a specific annotation, say FIXME, you can use `rake notes:fixme`. Note that you have to lower case the annotation's name.
```bash
-$ rake notes:fixme
+$ bin/rake notes:fixme
(in /home/foobar/commandsapp)
app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb:
* [132] high priority for next deploy
@@ -440,9 +464,9 @@ app/models/school.rb:
You can also use custom annotations in your code and list them using `rake notes:custom` by specifying the annotation using an environment variable `ANNOTATION`.
```bash
-$ rake notes:custom ANNOTATION=BUG
+$ bin/rake notes:custom ANNOTATION=BUG
(in /home/foobar/commandsapp)
-app/models/post.rb:
+app/models/article.rb:
* [ 23] Have to fix this one before pushing!
```
@@ -452,7 +476,7 @@ By default, `rake notes` will look in the `app`, `config`, `lib`, `bin` and `tes
```bash
$ export SOURCE_ANNOTATION_DIRECTORIES='spec,vendor'
-$ rake notes
+$ bin/rake notes
(in /home/foobar/commandsapp)
app/models/user.rb:
* [ 35] [FIXME] User should have a subscription at this point
@@ -472,15 +496,14 @@ Rails comes with a test suite called Minitest. Rails owes its stability to the u
### `tmp`
-The `Rails.root/tmp` directory is, like the *nix /tmp directory, the holding place for temporary files like sessions (if you're using a file store for files), process id files, and cached actions.
+The `Rails.root/tmp` directory is, like the *nix /tmp directory, the holding place for temporary files like process id files and cached actions.
The `tmp:` namespaced tasks will help you clear and create the `Rails.root/tmp` directory:
* `rake tmp:cache:clear` clears `tmp/cache`.
-* `rake tmp:sessions:clear` clears `tmp/sessions`.
* `rake tmp:sockets:clear` clears `tmp/sockets`.
-* `rake tmp:clear` clears all the three: cache, sessions and sockets.
-* `rake tmp:create` creates tmp directories for sessions, cache, sockets, and pids.
+* `rake tmp:clear` clears all cache and sockets files.
+* `rake tmp:create` creates tmp directories for cache, sockets and pids.
### Miscellaneous
@@ -524,9 +547,9 @@ end
Invocation of the tasks will look like:
```bash
-rake task_name
-rake "task_name[value 1]" # entire argument string should be quoted
-rake db:nothing
+$ bin/rake task_name
+$ bin/rake "task_name[value 1]" # entire argument string should be quoted
+$ bin/rake db:nothing
```
NOTE: If your need to interact with your application models, perform database queries and so on, your task should depend on the `environment` task, which will load your application code.