class method self.help

Ruby on Rails 3.1.12

Since v3.0.20

Available in: v3.0.20 v3.1.12 v3.2.22.5 v4.0.13 v4.1.16 v4.2.9 v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

Signature

self.help(command = 'generate')

Show help message with available generators.

Parameters

command opt = 'generate'
Source
# File railties/lib/rails/generators.rb, line 216
    def self.help(command = 'generate')
      lookup!

      namespaces = subclasses.map{ |k| k.namespace }
      namespaces.sort!

      groups = Hash.new { |h,k| h[k] = [] }
      namespaces.each do |namespace|
        base = namespace.split(':').first
        groups[base] << namespace
      end

      puts "Usage: rails #{command} GENERATOR [args] [options]"
      puts
      puts "General options:"
      puts "  -h, [--help]     # Print generator's options and usage"
      puts "  -p, [--pretend]  # Run but do not make any changes"
      puts "  -f, [--force]    # Overwrite files that already exist"
      puts "  -s, [--skip]     # Skip files that already exist"
      puts "  -q, [--quiet]    # Suppress status output"
      puts
      puts "Please choose a generator below."
      puts

      # Print Rails defaults first.
      rails = groups.delete("rails")
      rails.map! { |n| n.sub(/^rails:/, '') }
      rails.delete("app")
      rails.delete("plugin_new")
      print_list("rails", rails)

      hidden_namespaces.each {|n| groups.delete(n.to_s) }

      groups.sort.each { |b, n| print_list(b, n) }
    end

Defined in railties/lib/rails/generators.rb line 216 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in Rails::Generators

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