How do I extract Rails view helpers into a gem?

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In my opinion, a full Engine is overkill for this task. You could instead just create a Railtie which includes your helpers into ActionView::Base when it initializes.

# lib/my_gem/view_helpers.rb
module MyGem
  module ViewHelpers
    def pre(text)
      content_tag :pre, text
    end

    def another_helper
      # super secret stuff
    end
  end
end

# lib/my_gem/railtie.rb
require 'my_gem/view_helpers'
module MyGem
  class Railtie < Rails::Railtie
    initializer "my_gem.view_helpers" do
      ActiveSupport.on_load(:action_view) { include MyGem::ViewHelpers }
    end
  end
end

# lib/my_gem.rb
require 'my_gem/railtie' if defined?(Rails)

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