Extend the console +helper+ method to allow you to include custom helpers. Closes #6781 [Chris Wanstrath]

git-svn-id: http://svn-commit.rubyonrails.org/rails/trunk@7765 5ecf4fe2-1ee6-0310-87b1-e25e094e27de

railties/CHANGELOG

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 *SVN*
 
+* Extend the console +helper+ method to allow you to include custom helpers.  e.g:
+  >> helper :posts
+  >> helper.some_method_from_posts_helper(Post.find(1))
+
 * db:create works with remote databases whereas db:create:all only creates
 databases on localhost.  #9753 [Trevor Wennblom]
 

railties/lib/console_with_helpers.rb

@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ class Module
   end
 end
 
-def helper
-  @helper_proxy ||= Object.new 
+def helper(*helper_names)
+  returning @helper_proxy ||= Object.new do |helper|
+    helper_names.each { |h| helper.extend "#{h}_helper".classify.constantize }
+  end
 end
 
 require 'application'
@@ -21,3 +23,4 @@ class << helper
 end
 
 @controller = ApplicationController.new
+helper :application rescue nil