Controller generator improvements

railties/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+*   Add `--parent` option to controller generator to specify parent class of job.
+
+    Example:
+
+    `bin/rails g controller admin/users --parent=admin_controller` generates:
+
+    ```ruby
+    class Admin::UsersController < AdminController
+      # ...
+    end
+    ```
+
+    *Gannon McGibbon*
+
 *   In-app custom credentials templates are now supported.  When a credentials
     file does not exist, `rails credentials:edit` will now try to use
     `lib/templates/rails/credentials/credentials.yml.tt` to generate the

railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/controller/USAGE

@@ -1,18 +1,26 @@
 Description:
     Generates a new controller and its views. Pass the controller name, either
-    CamelCased or under_scored, and a list of views as arguments.
+    CamelCased or under_scored, and a list of actions as arguments.
 
     To create a controller within a module, specify the controller name as a
     path like 'parent_module/controller_name'.
 
     This generates a controller class in app/controllers and invokes helper,
     template engine, assets, and test framework generators.
 
-Example:
-    `bin/rails generate controller CreditCards open debit credit close`
+Examples:
+    `bin/rails generate controller credit_cards open debit credit close`
 
-    CreditCards controller with URLs like /credit_cards/debit.
+    This generates a `CreditCardsController` with routes like /credit_cards/debit.
         Controller: app/controllers/credit_cards_controller.rb
         Test:       test/controllers/credit_cards_controller_test.rb
         Views:      app/views/credit_cards/debit.html.erb [...]
         Helper:     app/helpers/credit_cards_helper.rb
+
+    `bin/rails generate controller users index --skip-routes`
+
+    This generates a `UsersController` with an index acion and no routes.
+
+    `bin/rails generate controller admin/dashboard --parent=admin_controller`
+
+    This generates a `Admin::DashboardController` with an `AdminController` parent class.

railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/controller/controller_generator.rb

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class ControllerGenerator < NamedBase # :nodoc:
       argument :actions, type: :array, default: [], banner: "action action"
       class_option :skip_routes, type: :boolean, desc: "Don't add routes to config/routes.rb."
       class_option :helper, type: :boolean
+      class_option :parent, type: :string, desc: "The parent class for the generated controller"
 
       check_class_collision suffix: "Controller"
 
@@ -25,6 +26,18 @@ def add_routes
       end
 
       private
+        def parent
+          options[:parent]
+        end
+
+        def parent_class_name
+          if parent
+            parent
+          else
+            "ApplicationController"
+          end
+        end
+
         def file_name
           @_file_name ||= remove_possible_suffix(super)
         end

railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/controller/templates/controller.rb.tt

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <% module_namespacing do -%>
-class <%= class_name %>Controller < ApplicationController
+class <%= class_name %>Controller < <%= parent_class_name.classify %>
 <% actions.each do |action| -%>
   def <%= action %>
   end

railties/test/generators/controller_generator_test.rb

@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ def test_does_not_add_routes_when_action_is_not_specified
     end
   end
 
+  def test_controller_parent_param
+    run_generator ["admin/dashboard", "--parent", "admin_controller"]
+    assert_file "app/controllers/admin/dashboard_controller.rb" do |controller|
+      assert_match(/class Admin::DashboardController < AdminController/, controller)
+    end
+  end
+
   def test_controller_suffix_is_not_duplicated
     run_generator ["account_controller"]