shows what before_filter is executed and where's that filter defined. useful to debug before_filter madness

gistfile1.rb

puts "\033[1;31m=> Loading hacks: #{__FILE__}\033[0m"

module BeforeFilterHacks
  def self.included(base)
    base.class_eval { alias_method_chain :call, :hacks }
  end

  def call_with_hacks(controller, &block)
    message= if method.kind_of?(Proc)
      method.to_s
    else
      "#{controller.method(method).owner}::#{method}"
    end

    if should_run_callback?(controller)
      Rails.logger.info "++> \033[1;32m#{controller.request.request_uri} (#{controller.class.name})--> #{message}.\033[0m"
    else
      Rails.logger.info "--> \033[1;37m#{controller.request.request_uri} (#{controller.class.name})--> #{message}.\033[0m"
    end

    call_without_hacks(controller, &block)
  end
end

ActionController::Filters::BeforeFilter.send(:include, BeforeFilterHacks)

This script seems useful. Do you put it in config/initializers? I tried that but I get an exception when running the server:

config/initializers/before_filter_hacks.rb:25: uninitialized constant ActionController::Filters (NameError)

@hisham: this works in Rails 2.x and yes, the script should be added to config/initializers

https://gist.github.com/af48839e7c9e1ac970c0 - for ActiveRecord callbacks also