How to override a rails generator template in a gem?

Question

When you want to override a generator template (without replacing the generator itself), in Rails 3 you can just drop files in appropriately named places in lib/templates and Ra

Answer 1

I have the same problem using rails 4.1.5. And here is assembled puzzle solution.

First of all create Railtie in your gem like this. Keep in mind config.generators is deprecated and thalespf`s answer.

module SomeGem
  class Railtie < Rails::Railtie
    config.app_generators do |g|
      g.templates.unshift File::expand_path('../../templates', __FILE__)
    end
  end
end

Works like a charm!

UPD. I have tried to create a gem with templates only and use it within Rails::Engine. But it requires this:

# lib/your_engine/engine.rb
require 'your_gem_with_generator_templates' # Loads Railtie