old_yeller
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Dead code detection for rails apps
h1. Old Yeller
is dead.
You know Frank Sinatra?
He's dead.
Large chunks of your existing code base?
Dead.
OldYeller is a tool to track down dead code in Rails applications. It sizes your application up and let's you know which methods, partials, views, or classes are never called.
To use Old Yeller, copy @./dead_code.rb.example@ to your @RAILS_ROOT@, modify any parameters that need it and run
@rake old_yeller@
h2. He's dead, Jim
Old Yeller works by generating tests from @config/routes@ to request every accessible page. These tests are run through RCov to generate a report on which app code is used or not used. Tooling is added to @ActionView::Template@ to determine which templates are actually rendered.
h2. Requirements
Proper care and feeding of Old Yeller is facilitated by a couple of gems:
- Shoulda
- RCov
- Rails
Copyright (c) 2009 Ben Hughes [email protected], released under the MIT license
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