Question

In rails, if I am using devise for a table “users”, it creates a global variable current_user which is used throughout the code. I want to add a similar global variable (current_auth_user) without touching the devise code. Whats the best way to do that?

Answer 1

In your application controller you can just add a helper method

class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
  helper_method :current_auth_user

  protected

  def current_auth_user
    return whatever
  end

end