Output a friendly message when no type given for GeneratedAttribute [#…

…5461 state:resolved] Signed-off-by: José Valim <jose.valim@gmail.com>
rails · Sep 2, 2010 · d2fc5e2 · d2fc5e2
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diff --git a/railties/lib/rails/generators/generated_attribute.rb b/railties/lib/rails/generators/generated_attribute.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class GeneratedAttribute
       attr_accessor :name, :type
 
       def initialize(name, type)
+        raise Thor::Error, "Missing type for attribute '#{name}'.\nExample: '#{name}:string' where string is the type." if type.blank?
         @name, @type = name, type.to_sym
       end