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alexandernst
alexandernst

Reputation: 15089

Force code reloading before each request

I'm using Ruby on Rails 5 and I'm wondering how can I force code reloading before each request. The reason I need this is that I'm using Docker on Mac and my code lives in a NFS folder, thus the Rails mechanism for detecting code changes isn't working properly and I must reboot rails after each code change.

So, my question is: How can I force Rails to reload my code before each request?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 460

Answers (2)

Adrien Coquio
Adrien Coquio

Reputation: 4930

Working solution on Rails 5.

You can use rerun gem with the following setup :

Add gem rerun in your Gemfile

Launch server with rerun rails s

The following options may be usefull :

  • --dir : allow to watch a specific directory and reload on change
  • --background : rerun won't read the keyboard and let you use debugger like byebug

Upvotes: 0

ekampp
ekampp

Reputation: 1959

You can consider using the rerun gem. This will allow you to reload a rack application on code change. Since Rails is basically a complex rack application this should work.

This will reload the entire(!) rails application every time, but it will reload.

I'm currently using it in a grape API, where I'm running it like this, and you should be able to run your rails application the same way. 

bundle exec rerun 'rackup'

PS: You might want additional parameters such as port, etc. there as well.

Upvotes: 2

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