From 414ab0c4f42d7cb4bf9af075d38527cf5728d9bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Piotr Sarnacki Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2013 20:54:51 +0200 Subject: Add some documentation to ActiveRecord::Tasks::DatabaseTasks This is a public class, which could be used directly in order to allow easier database management. Now it also contains settings, which will be used by databases.rake. --- .../lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb b/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb index 7d1462a271..1a173a11b7 100644 --- a/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb +++ b/activerecord/lib/active_record/tasks/database_tasks.rb @@ -3,7 +3,35 @@ module ActiveRecord class DatabaseAlreadyExists < StandardError; end # :nodoc: class DatabaseNotSupported < StandardError; end # :nodoc: - module DatabaseTasks # :nodoc: + # ActiveRecord::Tasks::DatabaseTasks is a utility class, which encapsulates + # logic behind common tasks used to manage database and migrations. + # + # The tasks defined here are used in rake tasks provided by Active Record. + # + # In order to use DatabaseTasks, a few config values need to be set. All the needed + # config values are set by rails already, so it's necessary to do it only if you + # want to change the default or when you want to use Active Record outside of Rails + # (in such case after cofniguring database tasks, you can also use rake tasks defined in + # Active Record) + # + # + # The possible config values are the following: + # + # * db_dir: your 'db' directory + # * seed_loader: an object which will load seeds, it needs to respond to `load_seed` method + # * database_configuration: configuration of your databases (as in config/database.yml) + # * migrations_paths: a list of paths to directories with migrations + # * fixtures_path: a path to fixtures directory + # + # Example usage of DatabaseTasks outside Rails could look as such: + # + # include ActiveRecord::Tasks + # DatabaseTasks.database_configuration = YAML.load(File.read('my_database_config.yml')) + # DatabaseTasks.db_dir = 'db' + # # other settings... + # + # DatabaseTasks.create_current('production') + module DatabaseTasks extend self attr_writer :current_config -- cgit v1.2.3