How to customize the singularization of class name in rails

Question

I am working on Rails 4.1.0. And i have generated leaves_controller and Leave model in my application.

But the application generated routes for leaves as like new_leafe, edit_leaf etc.

Actually I want the singularize string of Leave as Leave only, like new_leave_path, edit_leave_path.

If any idea to singularize class name in Rails, please share.

What you have in the `routes.rb` file? `resources :leaves` or `resource :leave`? — Pavan, Jun 12 '14 at 06:35
Thanks Pavan, It works. But actually, as per my knowledge in routes.rb it's expected to add resource name in plural form. But is it ok if we add singular format of resource name as you suggested? — Prachi Dhabu, Jun 12 '14 at 06:47
Its because of inflections: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10861635/rails-scaffolding-pluralisation-is-incorrect-for-cafe this question asked already — devudilip, Jun 12 '14 at 06:50

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:21

If it's only the routes you wish to change, you could use the as: option:

#config/routes.rb
resources :leaves, as: "leave"

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Alternatively, if you'd like to set the term within Rails, you may wish to use an Inflector like this:

How do I override rails naming conventions?

#config/initializers/inflectors.rb
# Add new inflection rules using the following format 
ActiveSupport::Inflector.inflections do |inflect|
  inflect.irregular 'leave', 'leaves'
end

How to customize the singularization of class name in rails

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