Option to overwrite the hard coded bower_components directory.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 ## Edge version
 
 * Load Bowerfile from all gem dependencies before load by @gabealmer [#162][]
+* Make bower components directory configurable [#183][]
 
 [#162]: https://github.com/rharriso/bower-rails/pull/162
+[#183]: https://github.com/rharriso/bower-rails/pull/183
 
 ## v0.10.0
 

lib/bower-rails.rb

@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ class << self
     # instead of rake bower:install before assets precompilation
     attr_accessor :force_install
 
+    # Where to store the bower components
+    attr_accessor :bower_components_directory
+
     def configure &block
       yield self if block_given?
       collect_tasks
@@ -69,4 +72,5 @@ def collect_tasks
   @use_bower_install_deployment = false
   @use_gem_deps_for_bowerfile   = false
   @force_install = false
+  @bower_components_directory = "bower_components"
 end

lib/bower-rails/performer.rb

@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def perform_command(remove_components = true, &block)
 
       # Load and merge root .bowerrc
       dot_bowerrc = JSON.parse(File.read(File.join(root_path, '.bowerrc'))) rescue {}
-      dot_bowerrc["directory"] = "bower_components"
+      dot_bowerrc["directory"] = components_directory
 
       if json.except('lib', 'vendor').empty?
         folders = json.keys
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ def perform_command(remove_components = true, &block)
         Dir.chdir(dir) do
 
           # Remove old components
-          FileUtils.rm_rf("bower_components/*") if remove_components
+          FileUtils.rm_rf("#{components_directory}/*") if remove_components
 
           # Create bower.json
           File.open("bower.json", "w") do |f|
@@ -115,17 +115,17 @@ def perform_command(remove_components = true, &block)
       end
     end
 
-    def resolve_asset_paths
+    def resolve_asset_paths(root_directory = components_directory)
       # Resolve relative paths in CSS
-      Dir['bower_components/**/*.css'].each do |filename|
+      Dir["#{components_directory}/**/*.css"].each do |filename|
         contents = File.read(filename) if FileTest.file?(filename)
         # http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS2/syndata.html#uri
         url_regex = /url\((?!\#)\s*['"]?(?![a-z]+:)([^'"\)]*)['"]?\s*\)/
 
         # Resolve paths in CSS file if it contains a url
         if contents =~ url_regex
           directory_path = Pathname.new(File.dirname(filename))
-          .relative_path_from(Pathname.new('bower_components'))
+          .relative_path_from(Pathname.new(root_directory))
 
           # Replace relative paths in URLs with Rails asset_path helper
           new_contents = contents.gsub(url_regex) do |match|
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ def resolve_asset_paths
     def remove_extra_files
       puts "\nAttempting to remove all but main files as specified by bower\n"
 
-      Dir['bower_components/*'].each do |component_dir|
+      Dir["#{components_directory}/*"].each do |component_dir|
         component_name = component_dir.split('/').last
         next if clean_should_skip_component? component_name
 
@@ -204,5 +204,9 @@ def clean_should_skip_component?(name)
       BowerRails.exclude_from_clean.respond_to?(:include?) &&
         BowerRails.exclude_from_clean.include?(name)
     end
+
+    def components_directory
+      BowerRails.bower_components_directory
+    end
   end
 end

lib/bower-rails/railtie.rb

@@ -11,13 +11,15 @@ class Railtie < Rails::Railtie
       config.before_initialize do |app|
         @dsl = BowerRails::Dsl.evalute(BowerRails.root_path, @@bowerfile)
         @dsl.final_assets_path.map do |assets_root, assets_path|
-          app.config.assets.paths << Rails.root.join(assets_root, assets_path, "bower_components")
+          app.config.assets.paths <<
+            Rails.root.join(assets_root, assets_path, BowerRails.bower_components_directory)
         end
       end
     else
       config.before_initialize do |app|
         ["lib", "vendor"].each do |dir|
-          app.config.assets.paths << Rails.root.join(dir, 'assets', 'bower_components')
+          app.config.assets.paths <<
+            Rails.root.join(dir, 'assets', BowerRails.bower_components_directory)
         end
       end
     end

lib/generators/bower_rails/initialize/templates/bower_rails.rb

@@ -16,4 +16,7 @@
   #
   # Invokes rake bower:install and rake bower:install:deployment with -F (force) flag. Defaults to false
   # bower_rails.force_install = true
+
+  # Change the default directory name
+  # bower_rails.bower_components_directory = 'bower_components'
 end

lib/tasks/bower.rake

@@ -62,9 +62,10 @@ namespace :bower do
   end
 
   desc "Resolve assets paths in bower components"
-  task :resolve do
+  task :resolve, :relative_directory do |_, args|
     BowerRails::Performer.perform false do
-      resolve_asset_paths
+      resolve_asset_paths(
+        args[:relative_directory] || BowerRails.bower_components_directory)
     end
   end