automatically load helper modules from helpers/. closes #238

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 * Don't re-minify files with ".min" in their name
 * Serve purely static folders directly (without source/ and config.rb)
 * Set ignored files and disable directory_indexes from YAML frontmatter
+* Automatically load helper modules in helpers/ directory
 
 2.0.14
 ====

middleman-core/features/helpers_external.feature

@@ -4,3 +4,9 @@ Feature: Helpers in external files
     Given the Server is running at "external-helpers"
     Then going to "/index.html" should not raise an exception
     And I should see "Hello World"
+
+  Scenario: Automatic Helpers
+    Given the Server is running at "external-helpers"
+    Then going to "/automatic.html" should not raise an exception
+    And I should see "One:Two:Three:Four"
+    

middleman-core/fixtures/external-helpers/helpers/four_helper.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module FourHelper
+  def four; "Four"; end
+end

middleman-core/fixtures/external-helpers/helpers/one_helper.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module OneHelper
+  def one; "One"; end
+end

middleman-core/fixtures/external-helpers/helpers/three_helper.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module ThreeHelper
+  def three; "Three"; end
+end

middleman-core/fixtures/external-helpers/helpers/two_helper.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+module TwoHelper
+  def two; "Two"; end
+end

middleman-core/fixtures/external-helpers/source/automatic.html.erb

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<%= one %>:<%= two %>:<%= three %>:<%= four %>

middleman-core/lib/middleman-core.rb

@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ module Middleman
     # Parse YAML from templates
     autoload :FrontMatter,    "middleman-core/core_extensions/front_matter"
     
+    # External helpers looks in the helpers/ folder for helper modules
+    autoload :ExternalHelpers, "middleman-core/core_extensions/external_helpers"
+    
     # DefaultHelpers are the built-in dynamic template helpers.
     autoload :DefaultHelpers, "middleman-core/core_extensions/default_helpers"
 

middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/base.rb

@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ class Middleman::Base
   # Sitemap
   register Middleman::CoreExtensions::Sitemap
   
+  # Setup external helpers
+  register Middleman::CoreExtensions::ExternalHelpers
+  
   # Setup default helpers
   register Middleman::CoreExtensions::DefaultHelpers
   

middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/core_extensions/external_helpers.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Load helpers in helpers/
+module Middleman::CoreExtensions::ExternalHelpers
+  
+  # Setup extension
+  class << self
+    
+    # once registered
+    def registered(app)
+      # Setup a default helpers paths
+      app.set :helpers_dir, "helpers"
+      app.set :helpers_filename_glob, "**/*_helper.rb"
+      app.set :helpers_filename_to_module_name_proc, Proc.new { |filename|
+        basename = File.basename(filename, File.extname(filename))
+        basename.camelcase
+      }
+      
+      # After config
+      app.after_configuration do
+        helpers_path = File.expand_path(helpers_dir, root)
+        next unless File.exists?(helpers_path)
+        
+        Dir[File.join(helpers_path, helpers_filename_glob)].each do |filename|
+          module_name = helpers_filename_to_module_name_proc.call(filename)
+          next unless module_name
+          
+          require filename
+          next unless Object.const_defined?(module_name.to_sym)
+          
+          helpers Object.const_get(module_name.to_sym)
+        end
+      end
+    end
+    alias :included :registered
+  end
+end

middleman-core/lib/middleman-core/watcher.rb

@@ -130,12 +130,12 @@ module Middleman
     end
     
   private
-    # Whether the passed files are config.rb or lib/*.rb
+    # Whether the passed files are config.rb, lib/*.rb or helpers
     # @param [Array<String>] paths Array of paths to check
     # @return [Boolean] Whether the server needs to reload
     def needs_to_reload?(paths)
       paths.any? do |path|
-        path.match(%{^config\.rb}) || path.match(%r{^lib/^[^\.](.*)\.rb$})
+        path.match(%{^config\.rb}) || path.match(%r{^lib/^[^\.](.*)\.rb$}) || path.match(%r{^helpers/^[^\.](.*)_helper\.rb$})
       end
     end