How to get generators call other generators in rails 3

Question

I am experimenting with gem development, right now specifically generators. So far I have successfully created two generators that do their job just perfectly. These two generators are in the same directory.

However, right now I have to call each of them separately.

What I'd like to do is just call one generator and have that generator call all the other ones. Just would type

rails g generator_name

and this would call x other generators.

Does anyone know how would I got about doing this?

Help is much appreciated, thanks!

Answer 1

In your generator, you can just call

generate "some:generator" # can be anything listed by 'rails g'

for example:

module MyGem
  class InstallGenerator < Rails::Generators::Base

    def run_other_generators
      generate "jquery:install" # or whatever you want here
    end

  end
end

By the way, if you are working on Rails 3 gems, this question can also help out:

Rails 3 generators in gem