From dc8957a077396e419f5e1ec4dfddf65b1aa52227 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Les Nightingill Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 09:53:16 -0700 Subject: add small note about how to get the full list of options for rails plugin new --- guides/source/engines.textile | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) (limited to 'guides/source/engines.textile') diff --git a/guides/source/engines.textile b/guides/source/engines.textile index c35305a822..86e7254201 100644 --- a/guides/source/engines.textile +++ b/guides/source/engines.textile @@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ To generate an engine with Rails 3.1, you will need to run the plugin generator $ rails plugin new blorgh --full --mountable +The full list of options for the plugin generator may be seen by typing: + + +$ rails plugin --help + + The +--full+ option tells the plugin generator that you want to create an engine (which is a mountable plugin, hence the option name), creating the basic directory structure of an engine by providing things such as the foundations of an +app+ folder, as well a +config/routes.rb+ file. This generator also provides a file at +lib/blorgh/engine.rb+ which is identical in function to an application's +config/application.rb+ file. The +--mountable+ option tells the generator to mount the engine inside the dummy testing application located at +test/dummy+ inside the engine. It does this by placing this line in to the dummy application's +config/routes.rb+ file, located at +test/dummy/config/routes.rb+ inside the engine: -- cgit v1.2.3