How to change a Ruby on Rails application name?
I have a Ruby on Rails application that was created using:
rails new old_name -d mysql
Now I want to change the application name to be new_name.
Just changing the application folder name will not be enough, because the database name, for example, also has to be changed (from old_name_development to new_name_development). I wonder if there are other places in the automatically generated files that needs changing.
Is there any built in command for changing the application name ?
Solution 1:
In Rails 3, there are references to the application name in the following files:
- config/application.rb
- config/environment.rb
- config/environments/development.rb
- config/environments/production.rb
- config/environments/test.rb
- config/initializers/secret_token.rb
- config/initializers/session_store.rb
- config/mongoid.yml (if using Mongoid)
- config/routes.rb
- config.ru
- Rakefile
- app/views/layouts/application.html.erb, in title tag
Solution 2:
There's a Rails plugin to do it for you. Super convenient.
https://github.com/get/rename
Solution 3:
in Rails 3, the application class is defined in config/application.rb, and referred to in your environment files (config/environment.rb, config/environments/*.rb) and config/routes.rb. I think that's it, but you should find out pretty quickly from rails server if you missed one. :)
- config/application.rb
- config/enviroment.rb
- config/environments/*.rb
- config/routes.rb
That said, unless you've got a very specific reason for wanting it changed, I wouldn't bother. Doesn't really affect the application in any other way.
Solution 4:
Rails 3 application can rename using https://github.com/morshedalam/rename