gistfile1.rb

# So this is in my controller:

@items = Dir.glob("views/*/*").map do |item|
  item.gsub(/views\/.+\/(.+).haml/, '\1')
end.select do |item|
  !item.match(/^hide-/) && x != "index")
end

# Its contents look like this:

# views/controls/actions.haml
# views/controls/buttons.haml
# views/controls/formForge.haml
# views/controls/hide-actions.haml
# views/controls/index.haml
# views/controls/navigation.haml
# views/controls/tree.haml
# views/dialogs/browser.haml
# views/dialogs/dialogBox.haml

# No need to check if @items exists, it will be an empty array at least.

- @items.each do |item|
    %p do some stuff with item