$ rails g pundit:install errors 'const_get' : wrong constant name Admin? (Name Error) while attempting to generate default policy library

Question

New to ROR working through a tutorial attempting to generate a default policy file for my application with the pundit:install.

$ rails g pundit:install generates the following error:

.rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/devise-3.4.1/lib/devise/models.rb:88:in `const_get': wrong constant name Admin? (NameError)

I also tried captilizing pundit with the following command: $ rails g Pundit:install , but it generates the same error:

Have you installed the gem, does `which pundit` return a path? — nibbex, Mar 19 '15 at 16:14
Yes, I installed the gem in the Gemfile and ran bundle install. But it will not install on rails with: $rails g pundit:install — mezzimench, Mar 19 '15 at 23:52
I don't think the pundit gem installs an executable. If that's the case, then its correct that `which pundit` does not return a path. — Eliot Sykes, Mar 20 '15 at 10:32

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 20 '15 at 10:29

The given error message doesn't yet point to Pundit as being the problem: .rvm/gems/ruby-2.2.0/gems/devise-3.4.1/lib/devise/models.rb:88: in `const_get': wrong constant name Admin? (NameError)

Is there a longer stack trace for the error message? If yes, please add it to the question.

Also search your app's files for Admin? (with a capital 'A'). See that Admin? is mentioned in the error message wrong constant name Admin?.

(At a guess, somewhere in the app, Admin? is written where it should not be. Perhaps it needs to be removed or replaced with small 'a': admin?. Or replaced with Admin without the question mark.)

Great Help. I had a "Has Registered?" column name which was causing error with devise — Anwar, Nov 24 '15 at 13:28

$ rails g pundit:install errors 'const_get' : wrong constant name Admin? (Name Error) while attempting to generate default policy library

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