Initial run of generator fails

[larskluge]

bundle exec rails g spree_elasticsearch:install fails to run without having a valid config/elasticsearch.yml file in your project already (which the generator is supposed to create). Reason: the generator loads the project dependencies which of one is the settings logic piece that requires the config file to exist.

[javereec]

That is correct. It used to work, but somewhere the behaviour was changed in rails and I haven't found a way to circumvent this.

[jspizziri]

can the order of install steps be updated so that the elasticsearch.yml is added before the generator is run?

[javereec]

That is exactly what I can't find. I've really looked into other gems, but haven't found anything that does something similar. If you can find something and submit a pull request, I'm more than happy to merge it.

[jkelleyj]

FYI - this issue was still there for me if I ran the touch command to create the elasticsearch.yml file. In rails 4.2.5, if I run the install command without that file present, it works and successfully generates the config file.