How do I change the default model template in Rails scaffold?

Question

If I want to change the default controller template created by scaffold in Rails it's dead easy - after Googling around I found I can just put a controller.rb file in lib/templates/rails/controller for the generator to pick up on instead of the default.

I cannot find any explanation of where I can do the same for a model file. I don't want to build a separate generator, I just want:

> rails generate model foo

to create foo.rb model file based on a model.rb template I make.

ScottJShea ScottJShea · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-10T00:35:51

Not sure if this is a great idea but you can find the generator code here: https://github.com/rails/rails/blob/master/railties/lib/rails/generators/rails/model/model_generator.rb

module Rails
  module Generators
    class ModelGenerator < NamedBase #metagenerator
      argument :attributes, :type => :array, :default => [], :banner => "field[:type][:index] field[:type][:index]"
      hook_for :orm, :required => true
    end
  end
end

According to this post though you should be able to put a template in lib/templates/rails/model though you may need to specify where it is located via a rake task according to this

How do I change the default model template in Rails scaffold?

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