Rails 6.1 adds --minimal option support

rails new my_app creates a new Rails application fully loaded with all the features.

If we want to omit some of the features then we needed to skip them like this.

1# before Rails 6.1
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3$ rails new tiny_app
4    --skip-action-cable
5    --skip-action-mailer
6    --skip-action-mailbox
7    --skip-action-text
8    --skip-active-storage
9    --skip-bootsnap
10    --skip-javascript
11    --skip-spring
12    --skip-system-test
13    --skip-webpack-install
14    --skip-turbolinks
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Before Rails 6.1 it was not possible to skip things like active_job and jbuilder.

Rails 6.1

Rails 6.1 added a new option --minimal.

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2$ rails new tiny_app --minimal
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All the following are excluded from this minimal Rails application.

• action_cable
• action_mailbox
• action_mailer
• action_text
• active_job
• active_storage
• bootsnap
• jbuilder
• spring
• system_tests
• turbolinks
• webpack

We can bundle webpack in this minimal app like this.

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2$ rails new tiny_app --minimal webpack=react
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Database option can also be passed.

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2$ rails new tiny_app --minimal --database postgresql webpack=react
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Check out the pull request for more details on this.