Customizing rails default generators

Objective

Customizing the template of default rails generators.

How it works

This is actually pretty simple :) You might get an idea when you take a look here. There you can find all the templates. Now if you want to customize lets say the index.html.erb, then in your project directory create the "lib/templates/erb/scaffold/index.html.erb". After that when you create a scaffold the generator will use your template.

Reference

• http://guides.rubyonrails.org/generators.
• http://railscasts.com/episodes/216-generators-in-rails-3
• https://github.com/rails/rails/tree/master/railties/lib/rails/generators/erb/scaffold/templates