Aliases for routes
The following initializer provides an :alias => "my_route_name" option to restful routes in your route.rb. This simply makes the same route also available under a different ..._path / ..._url helpers.
For example,
map.resources :notes, :alias => :snippets
Gives you
notes_path, notes_url, new_note_path... #as always
snippets_path, snippets_url, new_snippet_path... #from the alias
Put this into an initializer:
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