From c8d9a07a0029e2bf897db8e976fd203808b519c4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Heinemeier Hansson <david@loudthinking.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:15:32 +0000
Subject: Added better documentation for generator overwrite options (closes
 #9842) [wincet]

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@7837 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de
---
 railties/lib/rails_generator/commands.rb | 24 +++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

(limited to 'railties/lib/rails_generator/commands.rb')

diff --git a/railties/lib/rails_generator/commands.rb b/railties/lib/rails_generator/commands.rb
index 4b6f7ecd15..b541c6f65d 100644
--- a/railties/lib/rails_generator/commands.rb
+++ b/railties/lib/rails_generator/commands.rb
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ module Rails
         private
           # Ask the user interactively whether to force collision.
           def force_file_collision?(destination, src, dst, file_options = {}, &block)
-            $stdout.print "overwrite #{destination}? [Ynaqd] "
-            case $stdin.gets
-              when /d/i
+            $stdout.print "overwrite #{destination}? (enter \"h\" for help) [Ynaqdh] "
+            case $stdin.gets.chomp
+              when /\Ad\z/i
                 Tempfile.open(File.basename(destination), File.dirname(dst)) do |temp|
                   temp.write render_file(src, file_options, &block)
                   temp.rewind
@@ -103,14 +103,24 @@ module Rails
                 end
                 puts "retrying"
                 raise 'retry diff'
-              when /a/i
+              when /\Aa\z/i
                 $stdout.puts "forcing #{spec.name}"
                 options[:collision] = :force
-              when /q/i
+              when /\Aq\z/i
                 $stdout.puts "aborting #{spec.name}"
                 raise SystemExit
-              when /n/i then :skip
-              else :force
+              when /\An\z/i then :skip
+              when /\Ay\z/i then :force
+              else
+                $stdout.puts <<-HELP
+Y - yes, overwrite
+n - no, do not overwrite
+a - all, overwrite this and all others
+q - quit, abort
+d - diff, show the differences between the old and the new
+h - help, show this help
+HELP
+                raise 'retry'
             end
           rescue
             retry
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