Instead of running each rake task individually like this:
rake db:drop
rake db:create
rake db:migrate
rake db:load
I want to run one rake task that does all for.
This is what I have for my rakefile:
desc 'This rebuilds development db'
namespace :rebuild_dev do
Rake::Task["db:drop"].execute
Rake::Task["db:create"].execute
Rake::Task["db:migrate"].execute
Rake::Task["db:load"].execute
end
The above doesn't work when I run it.
You can do it with dependencies on a task with no body.
desc 'This rebuilds development db'
task :rebuild_dev => ["db:drop", "db:create", "db:migrate", "db:load"]
You want invoke not execute. A little excerpt from my own code showing how to pass variables:
namespace :clients do
task :create, [:client] => ["clients:creation:checks"] do |t, args|
Rake::Task["clients:creation:git"].invoke(client, password)
Rake::Task["server:virtualhost:create"].invoke(client)
Rake::Task["server:virtualhost:enable"].invoke(client)
Rake::Task["server:reload"].invoke
Rake::Task["db:roles:create"].invoke(client, password)
Rake::Task["db:create"].invoke(client, client)
Rake::Task["db:migrate"].invoke(client)
end
end
Alternatively, you can make the task depend upon another task as I have done above with :create depending upon clients:creation:checks.
Just to clarify, a namespace is for grouping tasks, so you must actually define the tasks within the namespace as I have above. You can't simply call tasks from within a namespace.
So your code above should be:
desc 'This rebuilds development db'
task :rebuild_dev do
Rake::Task["db:drop"].invoke
Rake::Task["db:create"].invoke
Rake::Task["db:migrate"].invoke
Rake::Task["db:load"].invoke
end
namespace :rebuild_dev do
desc 'This rebuilds development db'
task :clean_slate => :environment do
Rake::Task["db:drop"].invoke
Rake::Task["db:create"].invoke
Rake::Task["db:migrate"].invoke
Rake::Task["db:load"].invoke
end
end
