Best way to modify topics/show.html.erb

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We need to customize the topics/show.html.erb file to add some custom functionality. I have edited the template locally and all works fine, but I would like to know if there is a standard/preferred way to edit those files without them being rewritten at each upgrade.

How do you guys normally handle it?

Thanks.

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You need to create a plugin. There are some tutorials available here.

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Thanks Jay, I am going that route in fact - but the plugins I could find actually overwrite the template in full, which is not much different from creating a git branch for myself.

For people searching for this in the future, this might help you overwrite the html.erb file:

But I will dig deeper, maybe some automated search and replace after each update might do the trick in my case as the edits are not extensive.

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