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Render public/ Markdown files into Rails views (great for Terms of Service).
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md_file.rb
def md_file(name)
file_contents = File.open(Rails.root + 'public/' + name.to_s).read
markdown = Redcarpet::Markdown.new(Redcarpet::Render::HTML, autolink: true, underline: true, space_after_headers: true, strikethrough: true)
return markdown.render(file_contents).html_safe
end
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In your view (assuming redcarpet is installed):

<%= md_file('file.md') %>

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