Rails: requiring a library in a controller

Question

The following way works perfectly

require "#{Rails.root}/lib/mymodule/class1.rb"

But why do do I have to put #{Rails.root}

You should instead tell Rails to autoload `lib`: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3356742/best-way-to-load-module-class-from-lib-folder-in-rails-3 — user229044, Aug 08 '13 at 20:39

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 08 '13 at 20:40

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As of Ruby 2.0, Ruby no longer considers the current directory to be in the require path. You could also use require ./lib/mymodule/class1.rb.

answered Aug 08 '13 at 20:40

user229044

ha! okay thanks! so now which is the right way? Rails.root or .? – Aug 08 '13 at 20:44
The "right" way is to configure Rails to autoload `lib`, as I mentioned in the comment below your question. – user229044 Aug 08 '13 at 20:47

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