Edit Rails Credentials with Neovim

These instructions will allow you to edit your Rails credentials file using Neovim.

Run the following command from your Rails application:

VISUAL=nvim bin/rails credentials:edit

Neovim runs in the foreground, so it does not need a separate wait option. Rails will wait until Neovim exits before continuing.

When you are done making your changes, press Escape to return to Normal mode, then enter :wq to save the file and quit Neovim.

Rails will then read the temporary decrypted file and write the updated contents back to the encrypted credentials file.

To edit credentials for a specific environment, add the environment option:

VISUAL=nvim bin/rails credentials:edit --environment production