Rake task to reset and seed Rails database

reseed.rake

# Originally written by Justin French (2008):
# http://justinfrench.com/notebook/a-custom-rake-task-to-reset-and-seed-your-database
#
# Modified to work with Rails 4.

desc 'Raise an error unless development environment'
task :safety_check do
  raise "You can only use this in dev!" unless Rails.env.development?
end

namespace :db do
  desc 'Drop, create, migrate then seed the development database'
  task reseed: [
    'environment', 
    'safety_check', 
    'db:reset', 
    'db:seed'
  ]
end

Instead of

'db:drop',
'db:create',
'db:migrate'

I think you should just do

'db:reset'

Also, it's a best practice not to use db:migrate when loading up the schema for a new DB. Instead, just run db:schema:load. It's a moot point if you are using `db:reset' though.

Just what I was looking for.

And yes I agree that you could drop the drop, create, and migrate calls in favor of reset.

Nice work.

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@emarthinsen Thanks for the suggestion. I've updated the script.