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Eqbal
Eqbal

Reputation: 1879

How to modify a gem files in rails 3 project

I'm using rails 3 with bundler, I installed a gem using bundler, now I need to modify the flow of the gem slightly by modifying the controller of the gem, how am I supposed to do so, i'm sure there is a command to install the files locally so I can modify it, I tried to override the controller by creating another controller with the same name but sounds not working .

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2011

Answers (2)

pguardiario
pguardiario

Reputation: 55012

Fork it on github, make the changes and point your gemfile to the forked repo like so:

gem "contact-us", :git => "git://github.com/eqbal/contact-us.git"

Upvotes: 9

DVG
DVG

Reputation: 17470

You should just be able to make a controller, inherit from the gem controller and override the method behavior as you see fit

class MyController < ContactUs::ContactsController
  def create
    # my code that changes the behavior
  end
end

And then you may have to tell your routes to go to your controller

resources :contacts,
  :controller => 'my_controller'

Upvotes: 3

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