How do I change the load order of initializers in Rails?

Question

I have an initializer that loads configuration settings from a yaml file. I need to use these settings in other initializers. The settings are not being seen by the initializers that need them. What I think is happening is the settings are getting loaded too late. How do I guaranty that my configuration initializer gets loaded first? Is it un-rails like to have initializers depend on another?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Rename the initializer to 01_name.rb, that will force it to load alphabetically previously.

Edit

To quote the official Rails Guide for configuration (thanks zetetic for the tip):

If you have any ordering dependency in your initializers, you can control the load order by naming. For example, 01_critical.rb will be loaded before 02_normal.rb.

Answer 2

Put the configuration code in config/environment.rb file, right after the first require statement, such as:

# Load the rails application require File.expand_path('../application', __FILE__)  # Load global configurations CONFIG = Hashie::Mash.new YAML.load_file(Rails.root.join("config", "application.yml"))[Rails.env]  # Initialize the rails application RailsSetup::Application.initialize!