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Asked: 2026-05-25T02:25:47+00:00

I have two rails apps that I am thinking about merging into one because

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I have two rails apps that I am thinking about merging into one because they share a similar layout. Right now there is a script in one app that pulls the resources from the other app (including a base controller) into the second app. There are a few ways I have been thinking about doing this:

  1. Merge the apps with namespaces and upon deploy have a script that creates two separate RPM packages (this is for deployment on CentOS/RHEL) with the appropriate files in it
  2. Run one app as the engine of another. Put all the shared controllers and visual assets into the top-level app. Upon deployment rip rip out the engine if I don’t need it. (i.e. if it is just the first app and I don’t want to give the code of the second app)
  3. Create a GEM with the common controllers and CSS/JS and find a way to inject it into each running app.

Any thoughts/ideas? I am thinking of going with number 1 as it will probably be the easiest for development (2 would be easier for deployment I think)

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  1. Editorial Team

    How about 4: make three engines (or gems, or engines encapsulated in gems): one for the common stuff, and one for each application’s unique stuff?

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