How do I turn off automatic stylesheet/javascript generation on Rails 3.1?

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I've got a Rails 3.1 project that I'm working on, but I don't want controller_name.css.sass and controller_name.js.coffee to be generated each time I run rails generate controller controller_name. I could swear I've seen the setting somewhere on the internet, but I can't find it now for the life of me. What is it?

Keep in mind that I'm still wanting to use the Asset Pipeline and the CoffeeScript/Sass integration, but I'm organizing those files in my own way.

I'm pretty sure the answer is a command line argument, but bonus points for turning it off with a generator setting or a hidden file or something.

EDIT: I've found the command line flag for it.

rails generate controller controller_name --assets=false

Or something of the like (that line actually errors out, but it also doesn't generate the assets). The API here shows :assets => true as a default option. How do I change that to false and have it always be false every time I generate a controller?

if you add `-h` to the end of a rails command it'll give you the help file: `rails g controller -h` — greggreg, Sep 09 '11 at 19:49

score 87 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 09 '11 at 20:00

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Add these lines to application.rb:

config.generators.stylesheets = false
config.generators.javascripts = false

answered Sep 09 '11 at 20:00

Dmitry Maksimov

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That is so awesome. I was able to verify that it works. Thanks! – Ben Kreeger Sep 13 '11 at 16:50
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This one-liner does the same `config.generators.assets = false` – Dennis Feb 05 '15 at 12:10
Nice permanent solution. Probably only needs to go into `development.rb` not `application.rb` since it only applies to development environment. – Lars Levie Feb 10 '15 at 18:04
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summarizing, `environments/development.rb`, `config.generators.assets = false` and for no helpers, `config.generators.helper = false` – max Mar 23 '15 at 02:53

Lars Levie · Answer 2 · 2014-10-14T13:44:20.117

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New syntax is rails generate controller Resources --no-assets.

Don't forget you can also use g in place of generate. And you can skip the creation of a controller helper using the --no-helper flag.

edited Oct 14 '14 at 13:44

answered Jul 22 '13 at 18:14

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score 10 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 22 '13 at 08:51

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For just one time, use:

rails generate controller controller_name --no-assets

answered Feb 22 '13 at 08:51

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@RomanC Uh, what? As far as I can tell, it does provide an answer to the question. It says how to turn off automatic asset generation, albeit just for one run of the command. – Nic Dec 15 '15 at 19:57

score 7 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 30 '15 at 03:43

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An update on @Dmitry Maksimov's answer for Rails 4.2. You can disable generation of controller-specific asset files by default with the following in your config/application.rb file (source: the guide):

config.generators do |g|
  g.assets false
end

answered Jan 30 '15 at 03:43

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aarkerio · Answer 5 · 2020-05-21T16:31:30.960

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My whole options in the application.rb file:

config.generators do |g|
    g.stylesheets = false
    g.javascripts = false
    g.test_framework  :rspec, fixture: false
    g.template_engine :haml
    g.fixture_replacement :factory_girl, dir: 'spec/factories'
end

edited May 21 '20 at 16:31

answered Jun 14 '16 at 18:06

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How do I turn off automatic stylesheet/javascript generation on Rails 3.1?

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