How to create Rails project programmatically?

Question

I'm using Rails 4.0.0.

I am aware of the commands rails new ... used to create a Rails project via terminal. Are there methods to do this programmatically?

I want to avoid having code invoke a pop-up terminal as not all users may have Linux.

Possible Solution

Programmatially copy existing base Rails project. Write to new directory.

Answer 1

You can use the same generator the command rails new uses, for example:

require 'rails/generators/rails/app/app_generator'
Rails::Generators::AppGenerator.start ['bar', '--skip-bundle']

# Output:
# create  
# create  README.rdoc
# create  Rakefile
# create  config.ru
# create  .gitignore
# ...