How do I override rails naming conventions?

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I have a model named "clothing" which I want to be the singlular (one piece of clothing). By default, rails says the plural is clothings. Right or wrong, I think it will be more readable if the plural is "clothes".

How do I override the plural naming convention? Can I do it right in the model so I don't have to do it over and over? How will this change how routes are handled (I am using restful architecture)?

how about changing your model to garment and garments? – Rich Seller Jul 26 '09 at 17:15 — Rich Seller, Jul 26 '09 at 17:15
Related: http://stackoverflow.com/q/6178900/1505348 – Lucio Jun 21 '15 at 20:12 — Lucio, Jun 21 '15 at 20:12

score 129 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 12 '15 at 18:36

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I'm no RoR expert, but did find a possible approach. From the referenced site you can add inflection rule inside the config/initializers/inflections.rb file:

# Add new inflection rules using the following format 
ActiveSupport::Inflector.inflections do |inflect|
  inflect.irregular 'clothing', 'clothes'
end

edited Oct 12 '15 at 18:36

Paweł Gościcki

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answered Jul 26 '09 at 17:18

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Actually, your custom inflections should reside in config/initializers/inflections.rb – Aaron Rustad Jul 26 '09 at 22:58
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For those who are lazy like me: `ActiveSupport::Inflector.inflections do |inflect|` if it doesn't find Inflector on it's own – Abe Petrillo Jan 29 '13 at 23:21
I like your approach. If I had many "custom" inflections, I would save them in a yaml and load the file in that same archive. – Aldana Apr 05 '16 at 00:28
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If passed an optional locale, rules for other languages can be specified. If not specified, defaults to **:en** which will provide rules for english language. `ActiveSupport::Inflector.inflections(:en)` – Sree Raj Nov 21 '16 at 11:46

score 28 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 26 '09 at 17:32

For rails 2.3.2 and maybe 2+, you need to do it a little different:

ActiveSupport::Inflector.inflections do |inflect|
    inflect.plural /^(ox)$/i, '\1\2en'
    inflect.singular /^(ox)en/i, '\1'

    inflect.irregular 'octopus', 'octopi'

    inflect.uncountable "equipment"
end

score 5 · Answer 3 · edited Sep 27 '12 at 18:59

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Add this in your environment.rb file if you are trying to stop database pluralization

ActiveRecord::Base.pluralize_table_names = false

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score -1 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 30 '15 at 23:16

With Ruby 2.2.2 windows or linux for me best solve was :

ActiveRecord::Base.pluralize_table_names = false

class Persona < ActiveRecord::Base
end


personas = Persona.all
personas.each do | personita |
  print "#{personita.idpersona}   #{personita.nombre}\n"
end

p Persona.count

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