Rails 4, custom gem with generator 'Could not find generator'

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I'm building a gem simply to go through the processes, and I'm trying to add a generator to it. When I run `$ rails g`, my generator shows up: ``` Mygem: mygem:install ``` but rails doesn't recognize it ``` rails g mygem:install Could not find generator mygem:install. ``` I have my gem pointed to the latest version in my gemfile ``` #mygem/lib/rails/generators/mygem_generator.rb require 'rails/generators' require 'rails/generators/base' module Mygem class InstallGenerator < Rails::Generators::Base def test puts 'hi' end end end ``` . ``` -mygem - lib - generators - mygem mygem_generator.rb - mygem version.rb mygem.rb - pkg mygem-0.0.1.gem .gitignore Gemfile LICENSE.txt README.md Rakefile mygem.gemspec ``` . ``` #mygem.gemspec # coding: utf-8 lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__) $LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib) require 'mygem/version' Gem::Specification.new do |spec| spec.name = "mygem" spec.version = Mygem::VERSION spec.authors = ["me"] spec.email = ["emai…

Accepted Answer

We've just made a gem, and have a generator which allows you to call `rails generate exception_handler:install`, like this:

```
#lib/generators/my_gem/install_generator.rb
module MyGem
    class InstallGenerator < Rails::Generators::Base
         def test
             puts "hi"
         end
     end
end
```

This should help you - it works for us

Rails 4, custom gem with generator 'Could not find generator'

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