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Alternate files

Command	Description
`:A`	alternate file (test)
`:R`	related file (controller/view)

What it does

.	:A	:R
Model	test/models/	db/schema.rb
Controller method	test/controllers/	app/views/
View template	test/views/	app/controllers

Abbreviations

Type :Rabbrev for a full list.

Abbrev	Expansion
`AC::`	ActionController
`AR::`	ActiveRecord
`AV::`	ActionView
`...`	…
`logd(`	logger.debug
`logi(`	logger.info
`...`	…

Model

Abbrev	Expansion
`bt(`	`belongs_to`
`hm(`	`has_many`
`ho(`	`has_one`
`habtm(`	`has_and_belongs_to_many`

Controllers

Abbrev	Expansion
`pa[`	params
`re(`	redirect_to
`rp(`	render partial:
`rst(`	respond_to

Views

Abbrev	Expansion
`dotiw`	`distance_of_time_in_words`
`taiw`	`time_ago_in_words`

Extracting partials

# from view => app/views/home/_foo_partial.haml
  :Rextract home/foo_partial

# from model => app/models/concerns/foo_concern.rb
  :Rextract FooConcern

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App

:Econtroller <file>     # app/controllers/*_controller.rb
:Ehelper                # app/helpers/*_helper.rb
:Emodel <file>          # app/models/*.rb
:Ejob <file>            # app/jobs/*_job.rb
:Emailer <file>         # app/mailers/*.rb

DB

:Emigration <file>     # db/migrations/*.rb
:Eschema               # db/schema.rb

Lib

:Elib <file>      # lib/*.rb
:Elib             # Gemfile
:Etask <file>     # lib/tasks/*.rake

Assets

:Estylesheet
:Ejavascript

Views

:Eview
:Elayout

Test

:Espec
:Eunittest
  # test/{unit,models,helpers}/*_test.rb
  # spec/{unit,models,helpers}/*_spec.rb

:Efunctionaltest
  # test/{functional,controllers,mailers}/*_test.rb
  # spec/{functional,controllers,mailers}/*_spec.rb

:Eintegrationtest
  # test/integration/*_test.rb
  # spec/{features,requests,integration}/*_spec.rb
  # features/*.feature

:Efixtures
:Efunctionaltest

Config

:Einitializer <file>          # config/initializers/*.rb
:Elocale                      # config/locales/*.yml
:Eenvironment                 # application.rb
:Eenvironment development     # config/environments/*.rb

Reference

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