Module: RepoManager::ViewHelper

Included in:
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Defined in:
lib/repo_manager/views/view_helper.rb

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#path_to(*args) ⇒ String

path_to returns absolute installed path to various folders packaged with the RepoManager gem

Examples:

manually require and include before use


require 'repo_manager/views/view_helper'
include RepoManager::ViewHelper

default to repo_manager root


path_to("views/templates/bla.rb")

repo_manager root


path_to(:repo_manager, "views/templates/bla.rb")

:bootstrap


path_to(:bootstrap, "bootstrap/css/bootstrap.css")

Parameters:

  • base_path (Symbol) —

    which gem folder should be root

  • file_asset (String) —

    path to file asset parented in the given folder

Returns:

  • (String) —

    absolute path to asset



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# File 'lib/repo_manager/views/view_helper.rb', line 30

def path_to(*args)

  case
    when args.length == 1
      base_path = :repo_manager
      asset = args
    when args.length == 2
      base_path, asset = *args
    when args.length  > 2
      raise ArgumentError, "Too many arguments"
    else
      raise ArgumentError, "Specify at least the file asset"
  end

  case base_path
    when :repo_manager
      root = File.expand_path('../../../../', __FILE__)
    else
      raise "unknown base_path"
  end

  File.join(root, asset)
end