Adding a directory to the load path in Rails?

Question

As of Rails 2.3, what\'s the right way to add a directory to the load path so that it hooks into Rails\' auto-reloading mechanisms?

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Answer 1

For older versions of Rails:

You can do this in your environment.rb config file.

config.load_paths << "#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/widgets"

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For Rails 3, see answers bellow

Answer 2

Another update for rails 3 -- activesupport 3.0.0:

Instead of:

ActiveSupport::Dependencies.load_paths << "#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/widgets"

You may need to do this:

ActiveSupport::Dependencies.autoload_paths << "#{RAILS_ROOT}/app/widgets"