Rails - Jul 2006 - Refactoring or renaming things in Rails

Something nice would be a script/rename or script/refactor which would 
allow for easy renaming of some model/view/controller or combination, 
including a db migration if necessary.  One does not always start out 
with a complete understanding of the domain or with the greatest Rails 
purity and often it is desirable to go back and rename something.

Maybe it does not even count as refactoring.  I loved how IDEA handled 
all that stuff like magic back in the day.  Change a class name in one 
place, and it would change everywhere it is used and rename files as 
necessary.

I think this could be done in a script/ -- at least for major renames -- 
so that everyone could benefit, not just those using a particular 
editor.

Is anyone else thinking along these lines?  Is this something worth 
working on?


Steven

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