Make sure you create the following ~/.pryrc
to allow loading your Rails environment when firing up pry.
# Load plugins (only those I whitelist)
Pry.config.should_load_plugins = false
Pry.plugins["doc"].activate!
# Launch Pry with access to the entire Rails stack.
# If you have Pry in your Gemfile, you can pass: ./script/console --irb=pry instead.
# If you don't, you can load it through the lines below :)
rails = File.join Dir.getwd, 'config', 'environment.rb'
if File.exist?(rails) && ENV['SKIP_RAILS'].nil?
require rails
if Rails.version[0..0] == "2"
require 'console_app'
require 'console_with_helpers'
elsif Rails.version[0..0] == "3"
require 'rails/console/app'
require 'rails/console/helpers'
else
warn "[WARN] cannot load Rails console commands (Not on Rails2 or Rails3?)"
end
end
if defined?(Rails) && Rails.env
extend Rails::ConsoleMethods
end
You should also take a look at the pry-rails
gem. The gist is also here for your convenience.
More details on setting up Pry can be found here.