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URL: http://handyrailstips.com/tips/11-some-handy-rake-tasks

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  1. Here are some handy rake tasks you may not be aware of and a quick description of what they do:
  2. Database tasks
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  4. rake db:create � Will create a database to the settings defined in database.yml for the current environment.
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  6. rake db:create:all � Will create all of the databases defined in database.yml
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  8. rake db:drop � Will drop the database for the current environment.
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  10. rake db:drop:all � Will drop all of the databases defined in database.yml.
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  12. rake db:migrate:redo � Rolls back one migration and then re-runs the migration again (handy if you wan�t to make a quick change to the last migration).
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  14. rake db:migrate:reset � Drops all tables from the database and then rebuilds them using your migrations. This will delete all the entries from your current environment�s database.
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  16. rake db:reset � Drops all tables from the current environment�s database and then rebuilds them using schema.rb.
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  18. rake db:rollback � Rolls the database schema back to the previous version.
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  20. rake db:sessions:clear � Clears the sessions table if you�re using ActiveRecord::SessionStore
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  22. rake db:structure:dump � Dumps the current database structure to a .sql file into app/db/ (really handy for rebuilding your database elsewhere).
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  24. rake db:test:load � Recreates the test database from the current schema.rb
  25. RDoc tasks
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  27. rake doc:app � Builds RDoc html files for your entire app in myapp/doc
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  29. rake doc:clobber_app � Removes the myapp/doc directory and all of its contents.
  30. Gem tasks
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  32. rake gems � Lists all of the gems your app depends on (both the gems you have specified and their dependencies). The key here is simple: R = Rails framework gems, I = gems installed on the system and F = gems frozen in vendor/gems.
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  34. rake gems:install � Installs any gems your app requires that are not currently installed on the system
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  36. rake gems:unpack:dependencies � Unpacks all of the gems your app requires and their dependencies to your vendor/ folder. See tip #9 for more info.
  37. Annotation tasks
  38. (read this tip for more info on annotations)
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  40. rake notes � Lists all of your annotations
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  42. rake notes:todo � Lists all of your TODO annotations
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  44. rake notes:fixme � Lists all of your FIXME annotations
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  46. rake notes:optimize � Lists all of your OPTIMIZE annotations
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  48. rake notes:custom � Lists all of your custom annotations. You need to include the ANNOTATION variable with the name of your custom note type.
  49. Rails tasks
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  51. rake rails:freeze:edge � Freeze to the latest version of rails
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  53. rake rails:freeze:gems � Freeze to the currently installed version of rails
  54. Miscellaneous tasks
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  56. rake log:clear � Clears all of the .log files. Handy when your development log starts to get too large. See tip # 2 for keeping your production log under control.
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  58. rake routes � Displays all of the routes defined in config/routes.rb
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  60. rake stats � Shows a bunch of useful stats for your app including code-to-test ratio
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  62. rake tmp:cache:clear � Clears all of the files and directories in tmp/cache
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  64. That�s just a selection of the rake tasks available. To see the full list run rake -T

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