Rake task to populate a database with data from factory girl.

populate.rake

require 'factory_girl'
 
namespace :db do
  desc "Populate the database with some sample data"
  task :populate, [:count] => [:environment] do |t, args|
    args.with_defaults(:count => 10)
    puts "Resetting the database"
    Rake::Task['db:reset'].invoke
    puts "Creating #{args[:count]} users"
    new_users = FactoryGirl.create_list(:user, args[:count].to_i)
    puts "Creating a product for each user"
    new_users.each_with_index do |u|
      FactoryGirl.create(:product, :user_id => u.id)
    end
    puts "Done!"
  end
end