db:fixtures:dump

Adds db:fixtures:dump rake task to dump all ActiveRecord tables into yaml fixtures

May not work for tables with serialized columns.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'db_fixtures_dump'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install db_fixtures_dump

Usage

$ rake db:fixtures:dump

Output directory

Just like for the db:fixtures:load , you may specify FIXTURES_PATH to be used as the output directory.

$ FIXTURES_PATH=db/backup rake db:fixtures:dump

Contributing

  1. Fork it
  2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
  3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
  4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
  5. Create new Pull Request

References

Original gists:

Making a rake task into a gem: