Is there any way to hook the "controller" generator so it runs "rspec_controller"?

Question

I want to make it so I can just type script/generate controller and it will run script/generate rspec_controller. How can I do this?

Answer 1

Do you mean that you want it:

1. to also run script/generate rspec_controller, or
2. to only run script/generate rspec_controller?

If 1 then you have multiple options. The simplest and less intrusive would probably be to simply wrap script/generate as follows:

1. rename script/generate as script/generate.orig

2. create script/generate anew with the following contents:

   #!/bin/sh
   "`dirname \"$0\"`/generate.orig" "$@"
   if [ "$1" == "controller" ] ; then
     shift
     "`dirname \"$0\"`/generate.orig" rspec_controller "$@"
   fi
   

3. ensure the new script/generate is executable etc., e.g. chmod a+rx script/generate

4. add script/generate.orig to source control and checkin the modified script/generate script

Cheers, V.