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diff --git a/guides/source/configuring.md b/guides/source/configuring.md index 47144db0c2..c938edd8f7 100644 --- a/guides/source/configuring.md +++ b/guides/source/configuring.md @@ -1217,12 +1217,16 @@ NOTE. If you are running in a multi-threaded environment, there could be a chanc Custom configuration -------------------- -You can configure your own code through the Rails configuration object with custom configuration under the `config.x` property. It works like this: +You can configure your own code through the Rails configuration object with +custom configuration under either the `config.x` namespace, or `config` directly. +The key difference between these two is that you should be using `config.x` if you +are defining _nested_ configuration (ex: `config.x.nested.nested.hi`), and just +`config` for _single level_ configuration (ex: `config.hello`). ```ruby config.x.payment_processing.schedule = :daily config.x.payment_processing.retries = 3 - config.x.super_debugger = true + config.super_debugger = true ``` These configuration points are then available through the configuration object: @@ -1230,11 +1234,10 @@ These configuration points are then available through the configuration object: ```ruby Rails.configuration.x.payment_processing.schedule # => :daily Rails.configuration.x.payment_processing.retries # => 3 - Rails.configuration.x.super_debugger # => true - Rails.configuration.x.super_debugger.not_set # => nil + Rails.configuration.x.payment_processing.not_set # => nil + Rails.configuration.super_debugger # => true ``` - You can also use `Rails::Application.config_for` to load whole configuration files: ```ruby |