require 'rails/generators' module Template #kudos to Mike Farmer from stackoverflow http://stackoverflow.com/users/4082/mike-farmer class InstallGenerator < Rails::Generators::Base desc "Creates some basic files for a rails 3 app" # Add some extra options here: # Commandline options can be defined here using Thor-like options: # class_option :my_opt, :type => :boolean, :default => false, :desc => "My Option" # I can later access that option using: # options[:my_opt] def self.source_root @source_root ||= File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), 'templates') end end end