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authorLuke Bennett <lbennett@gitlab.com>2019-05-16 10:05:33 +0000
committerLuke Bennett <lbennett@gitlab.com>2019-05-16 13:49:09 +0100
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Explain `render_if_exists` relative path
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@@ -446,6 +446,16 @@ The disadvantage of this:
port `render_if_exists` to CE.
- If we have typos in the partial name, it would be silently ignored.
+The `render_if_exists` view path argument must be relative to `app/views/` and `ee/app/views`.
+Resolving an EE template path that is relative to the CE view path will not work.
+
+```haml
+- # app/views/projects/index.html.haml
+
+= render_if_exists 'button' # Will not render `ee/app/views/projects/_button` and quietly fail
+= render_if_exists 'projects/button' # Will render `ee/app/views/projects/_button`
+```
+
#### Using `render_ce`
For `render` and `render_if_exists`, they search for the EE partial first,