How to rename rails 4 app?

Question

rails plugin install git://github.com/get/Rename.git will allow us to rename only rails 3 app

Is there any gem available to rename Rails 4 app.

If not, suggest me the better way to rename.

Answer 1

Since rails 4.1.x, if you want to rename your application, the only two files you need to modify are config/application.rb:

require File.expand_path('../boot', __FILE__)  require 'rails/all'  # Require the gems listed in Gemfile, including any gems # you've limited to :test, :development, or :production. Bundler.require(*Rails.groups)  module YourApplicationName # <-- rename it here    class Application < Rails::Application      ...    end end 

and config/initializers/session_store.rb (optional):

# Be sure to restart your server when you modify this file.  Rails.application.config.session_store :cookie_store, key: '_your_application_name_session' # <-- rename the key 

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For Rails 4.0.x you can use the rename gem and execute the following command:

rails g rename:app_to New-Name 

This will update the necessary files for you:

old/ (master)  › rails g rename:app_to new Search and replace module in to...     gsub  config.ru     gsub  Gemfile     gsub  Gemfile.lock     gsub  Rakefile     gsub  README.md     gsub  config/application.rb     gsub  config/boot.rb     gsub  config/environment.rb     gsub  config/environments/development.rb     gsub  config/environments/production.rb     gsub  config/environments/test.rb     gsub  config/initializers/backtrace_silencers.rb     gsub  config/initializers/filter_parameter_logging.rb     gsub  config/initializers/inflections.rb     gsub  config/initializers/load_class_extensions.rb     gsub  config/initializers/mime_types.rb     gsub  config/initializers/secret_token.rb     gsub  config/initializers/session_store.rb     gsub  config/initializers/update.rb     gsub  config/initializers/wrap_parameters.rb     gsub  config/routes.rb     gsub  config/initializers/session_store.rb Renaming references... Renaming directory...Done! New application path is '/Users/username/code/new'