From 89314d0a0209ede2bbb1b9273577988325dff195 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gannon McGibbon Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2019 13:28:25 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Merge pull request #37197 from unabridged/add-render-text-removal-to-5.1-upgrade-guide [ci skip] Note removal of `render :text` & `:nothing` options from 5.1 upgrade guide --- guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md b/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md index 096e14621a443..ca82b323429f2 100644 --- a/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md +++ b/guides/source/upgrading_ruby_on_rails.md @@ -529,6 +529,16 @@ To: Rails.application.secrets[:smtp_settings][:address] ``` +### Removed deprecated support to `:text` and `:nothing` in `render` + +If your views are using `render :text`, they will no longer work. The new method +of rendering text with MIME type of `text/plain` is to use `render :plain`. + +Similarly, `render :nothing` is also removed and you should use the `head` method +to send responses that contain only headers. For example, `head :ok` sends a +200 response with no body to render. + + Upgrading from Rails 4.2 to Rails 5.0 -------------------------------------