Rails Rake Cheatsheet
Working with Ruby on Rails, I often have a hard time remembering most of the Rake commands. So I have decided to create a cheatsheet for my own reference that I know where to access. Hopefully it will be useful to others too.
Commands in red are only available in Rails 2.0
rake cache:clear
# Clears all cached pages
rake db:bootstrap # Loads a schema.rb file into the database and then loads the initial database fixtures.
rake db:bootstrap:copy_default_theme # Copy default theme to site theme
rake db:migrate # Migrate the database through scripts in db/migrate. Target specific version with VERSION=x
rake db:schema:dump # Create a db/schema.rb file that can be portably used against any DB supported by AR
rake db:schema:load # Load a schema.rb file into the database
rake db:bootstrap:load # Load initial database fixtures (in db/bootstrap/*.yml) into the current environment's database. Load specific fixtures using FIXTURES=x,y
rake db:fixtures:load # Load fixtures into the current environment's database. Load specific fixtures using FIXTURES=x,y
rake db:sessions:clear # Clear the sessions table
rake db:sessions:create # Creates a sessions table for use with CGI::Session::ActiveRecordStore
rake db:structure:dump # Dump the database structure to a SQL file
rake db:test:clone # Recreate the test database from the current environment's database schema
rake db:test:clone_structure # Recreate the test databases from the development structure
rake db:test:prepare # Prepare the test database and load the schema
rake db:test:purge # Empty the test database
rake db:charset #Retrieves the charset for the current environment’s database
rake db:collation #Retrieves the collation for the current environment’s database
rake db:create #Create the database defined in config/database.yml for the current RAILS_ENV
rake db:create:al #Create all the local databases defined in config/database.yml
rake db:drop #Drops the database for the current RAILS_ENV
rake db:drop:al #Drops all the local databases defined in config/database.yml
rake db:reset #Drops and recreates the database from db/schema.rb for the current environment.
rake db:rollback #Rolls the schema back to the previous version. Specify the number of steps with STEP=n
rake db:version #Retrieves the current schema version number
rake deploy # Push the latest revision into production using the release manager
rake diff_from_last_deploy # Describe the differences between HEAD and the last production release
rake doc:app # Build the app HTML Files
rake doc:clobber_app # Remove rdoc products
rake doc:clobber_plugins # Remove plugin documentation
rake doc:clobber_rails # Remove rdoc products
rake doc:plugins # Generate documation for all installed plugins
rake doc:rails # Build the rails HTML Files
rake doc:reapp # Force a rebuild of the RDOC files
rake doc:rerails # Force a rebuild of the RDOC files
rake edge # freeze rails edge
rake log:clear # Truncates all *.log files in log/ to zero bytes
rake rails:freeze:edge # Lock to latest Edge Rails or a specific revision with REVISION=X (ex: REVISION=4021) or a tag with TAG=Y (ex: TAG=rel_1-1-0)
rake rails:freeze:gems # Lock this application to the current gems (by unpacking them into vendor/rails)
rake rails:unfreeze # Unlock this application from freeze of gems or edge and return to a fluid use of system gems
rake rails:update # Update both configs, scripts and public/javascripts from Rails
rake rails:update:configs # Update config/boot.rb from your current rails install
rake rails:update:javascripts # Update your javascripts from your current rails install
rake rails:update:scripts # Add new scripts to the application script/ directory
rake remote_exec # Execute a specific action using the release manager
rake rollback # Rollback to the release before the current release in production
rake show_deploy_tasks # Enumerate all available deployment tasks
rake stats # Report code statistics (KLOCs, etc) from the application
rake test # Test all units and functionals
rake test:functionals # Run tests for functionalsdb:test:prepare
rake test:integration # Run tests for integrationdb:test:prepare
rake test:plugins # Run tests for pluginsenvironment
rake test:recent # Run tests for recentdb:test:prepare
rake test:uncommitted # Run tests for uncommitteddb:test:prepare
rake test:units # Run tests for unitsdb:test:prepare
rake tmp:cache:clear # Clears all files and directories in tmp/cache
rake tmp:clear # Clear session, cache, and socket files from tmp/
rake tmp:create # Creates tmp directories for sessions, cache, and sockets
rake tmp:pids:clear # Clears all files in tmp/pids
rake tmp:sessions:clear # Clears all files in tmp/sessions
rake tmp:sockets:clear # Clears all files in tmp/sockets
rake update_dialog_helper # Copies the latest dialog.js to the application's public directory
rake db:bootstrap # Loads a schema.rb file into the database and then loads the initial database fixtures.
rake db:bootstrap:copy_default_theme # Copy default theme to site theme
rake db:migrate # Migrate the database through scripts in db/migrate. Target specific version with VERSION=x
rake db:schema:dump # Create a db/schema.rb file that can be portably used against any DB supported by AR
rake db:schema:load # Load a schema.rb file into the database
rake db:bootstrap:load # Load initial database fixtures (in db/bootstrap/*.yml) into the current environment's database. Load specific fixtures using FIXTURES=x,y
rake db:fixtures:load # Load fixtures into the current environment's database. Load specific fixtures using FIXTURES=x,y
rake db:sessions:clear # Clear the sessions table
rake db:sessions:create # Creates a sessions table for use with CGI::Session::ActiveRecordStore
rake db:structure:dump # Dump the database structure to a SQL file
rake db:test:clone # Recreate the test database from the current environment's database schema
rake db:test:clone_structure # Recreate the test databases from the development structure
rake db:test:prepare # Prepare the test database and load the schema
rake db:test:purge # Empty the test database
rake db:charset #Retrieves the charset for the current environment’s database
rake db:collation #Retrieves the collation for the current environment’s database
rake db:create #Create the database defined in config/database.yml for the current RAILS_ENV
rake db:create:al #Create all the local databases defined in config/database.yml
rake db:drop #Drops the database for the current RAILS_ENV
rake db:drop:al #Drops all the local databases defined in config/database.yml
rake db:reset #Drops and recreates the database from db/schema.rb for the current environment.
rake db:rollback #Rolls the schema back to the previous version. Specify the number of steps with STEP=n
rake db:version #Retrieves the current schema version number
rake deploy # Push the latest revision into production using the release manager
rake diff_from_last_deploy # Describe the differences between HEAD and the last production release
rake doc:app # Build the app HTML Files
rake doc:clobber_app # Remove rdoc products
rake doc:clobber_plugins # Remove plugin documentation
rake doc:clobber_rails # Remove rdoc products
rake doc:plugins # Generate documation for all installed plugins
rake doc:rails # Build the rails HTML Files
rake doc:reapp # Force a rebuild of the RDOC files
rake doc:rerails # Force a rebuild of the RDOC files
rake edge # freeze rails edge
rake log:clear # Truncates all *.log files in log/ to zero bytes
rake rails:freeze:edge # Lock to latest Edge Rails or a specific revision with REVISION=X (ex: REVISION=4021) or a tag with TAG=Y (ex: TAG=rel_1-1-0)
rake rails:freeze:gems # Lock this application to the current gems (by unpacking them into vendor/rails)
rake rails:unfreeze # Unlock this application from freeze of gems or edge and return to a fluid use of system gems
rake rails:update # Update both configs, scripts and public/javascripts from Rails
rake rails:update:configs # Update config/boot.rb from your current rails install
rake rails:update:javascripts # Update your javascripts from your current rails install
rake rails:update:scripts # Add new scripts to the application script/ directory
rake remote_exec # Execute a specific action using the release manager
rake rollback # Rollback to the release before the current release in production
rake show_deploy_tasks # Enumerate all available deployment tasks
rake stats # Report code statistics (KLOCs, etc) from the application
rake test # Test all units and functionals
rake test:functionals # Run tests for functionalsdb:test:prepare
rake test:integration # Run tests for integrationdb:test:prepare
rake test:plugins # Run tests for pluginsenvironment
rake test:recent # Run tests for recentdb:test:prepare
rake test:uncommitted # Run tests for uncommitteddb:test:prepare
rake test:units # Run tests for unitsdb:test:prepare
rake tmp:cache:clear # Clears all files and directories in tmp/cache
rake tmp:clear # Clear session, cache, and socket files from tmp/
rake tmp:create # Creates tmp directories for sessions, cache, and sockets
rake tmp:pids:clear # Clears all files in tmp/pids
rake tmp:sessions:clear # Clears all files in tmp/sessions
rake tmp:sockets:clear # Clears all files in tmp/sockets
rake update_dialog_helper # Copies the latest dialog.js to the application's public directory
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