How do I override rails naming conventions?

Question

I have a model named "clothing" which I want to be the singlular (one piece of clothing). By default, rails says the plural is clothings. Right or wrong, I think it will be more readable if the plural is "clothes".

How do I override the plural naming convention? Can I do it right in the model so I don't have to do it over and over? How will this change how routes are handled (I am using restful architecture)?

user_123582 · Answer

I'm no RoR expert, but did find a possible approach. From the referenced site you can add inflection rule inside the config/initializers/inflections.rb file:

# Add new inflection rules using the following format 
ActiveSupport::Inflector.inflections do |inflect|
  inflect.irregular 'clothing', 'clothes'
end

user_135692 · Answer

For rails 2.3.2 and maybe 2+, you need to do it a little different:

ActiveSupport::Inflector.inflections do |inflect|
    inflect.plural /^(ox)$/i, '\1\2en'
    inflect.singular /^(ox)en/i, '\1'

    inflect.irregular 'octopus', 'octopi'

    inflect.uncountable "equipment"
end

How do I override rails naming conventions?

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