Getting Rails URL helpers to automatically output https urls

Question

I am developing a site that mixes http and https a lot - whats the best/easiest way to make the links use the right protocol for the route - can it be specified in the route

Answer 1

It looks like this will be solved in Rails 4! https://github.com/rails/rails/commit/9b4514c3b8ecfbc40a44dbd4c2ebd4ce67f4a459