Rename Rails App

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Rename your app the simple way.

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• Created by

Ben Latz

Usage

After it renames your app, it will change the directory it lives in. To get back into your Rails app:

cd .. 
cd YourNewNameHere

Then you can remove the rename gem via

bundle remove rename

Run this command in your Rails app directory in the terminal:

rails app:template LOCATION="https://railsbytes.com/script/Xg8sNz"

Template Source

Review the code before running this template on your machine.

name = ask("Enter new name for your Rails app:")
puts "💎 Adding gem 'rename'"
run "bundle add rename"
rails_command "g rename:into #{name}"
# puts "🧹 Removing gem 'rename'"
# run "bundle remove rename"

Comments

Richard Logwood

Thanks Ben - I've forked this to support Rails 6 via a patched rename gem, see Rename Rails App - for Rails v6