Question

In our company, people are using different operating systems. I am using Linux and have line in development.rb like:

Paperclip.options[:command_path] = "/usr/bin"

Designer, who is on Windows need different line. Is there any way, how to manage different developers in ruby on rails? Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

If it’s just a platform issue, try something like this:

if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /mswin/
  Paperclip.options[:command_path] = 'c://ruby/bin'
else
  Paperclip.options[:command_path] = '/usr/bin'
end

A good way to keep machine-specific settings is with a configuration file.
Treat the settings.yml like database.yml and copy the example to settings.yml on each user’s machine.

# .gitignore
config/settings.yml

# config/settings.yml.example
paperclip_command_path: /usr/bin
some_api_key: put_key_here

# config/initializers/load_settings.rb
filename = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), '..', 'settings.yml')
if File.file?(filename)
  APP_CONFIG = YAML::load_file(filename)
  APP_CONFIG.each do |k, v|
    v.symbolize_keys! if v.respond_to?(:symbolize_keys!)
  end
end

This way you could set the above like this:

Paperclip.options[:command_path] = APP_CONFIG[:paperclip_command_path]