Ruby On Rails - Rake Tasks Reference

rake cache:clear
# Clears all cached pages
rake db:bootstrap     
# Loads a schema.rb file into the database and then loads the initial database fixtures.
rake db:bootstrap:copy_default_theme
# Copy default theme to site theme
rake db:migrate
# Migrate the database through scripts in db/migrate. Target specific version with VERSION=x
rake db:schema:dump
# Create a db/schema.rb file that can be portably used against any DB supported by AR
rake db:schema:load
# Load a schema.rb file into the database
rake db:bootstrap:load
# Load initial database fixtures (in db/bootstrap/*.yml) into the current environment's database.  Load specific fixtures using FIXTURES=x,y
rake db:fixtures:load
# Load fixtures into the current environment's database.  Load specific fixtures using FIXTURES=x,y
rake db:sessions:clear
# Clear the sessions table
rake db:sessions:create
# Creates a sessions table for use with CGI::Session::ActiveRecordStore
rake db:structure:dump
# Dump the database structure to a SQL file
rake db:test:clone
# Recreate the test database from the current environment's database schema
rake db:test:clone_structure
# Recreate the test databases from the development structure
rake db:test:prepare
# Prepare the test database and load the schema
rake db:test:purge
# Empty the test database
rake deploy
# Push the latest revision into production using the release manager
rake diff_from_last_deploy
# Describe the differences between HEAD and the last production release
rake doc:app
# Build the app HTML Files
rake doc:clobber_app
# Remove rdoc products
rake doc:clobber_plugins
# Remove plugin documentation
rake doc:clobber_rails
# Remove rdoc products
rake doc:plugins
# Generate documation for all installed plugins
rake doc:rails
# Build the rails HTML Files
rake doc:reapp
# Force a rebuild of the RDOC files
rake doc:rerails
# Force a rebuild of the RDOC files
rake edge
# freeze rails edge
rake log:clear
# Truncates all *.log files in log/ to zero bytes
rake rails:freeze:edge
# Lock to latest Edge Rails or a specific revision with REVISION=X (ex: REVISION=4021) or a tag with TAG=Y (ex: TAG=rel_1-1-0)
rake rails:freeze:gems
# Lock this application to the current gems (by unpacking them into vendor/rails)
rake rails:unfreeze
# Unlock this application from freeze of gems or edge and return to a fluid use of system gems
rake rails:update
# Update both configs, scripts and public/javascripts from Rails
rake rails:update:configs
# Update config/boot.rb from your current rails install
rake rails:update:javascripts
# Update your javascripts from your current rails install
rake rails:update:scripts
# Add new scripts to the application script/ directory
rake remote_exec
# Execute a specific action using the release manager
rake rollback
# Rollback to the release before the current release in production
rake show_deploy_tasks
# Enumerate all available deployment tasks
rake stats
# Report code statistics (KLOCs, etc) from the application
rake test                          
# Test all units and functionals
rake test:functionals                 
# Run tests for functionalsdb:test:prepare
rake test:integration              
# Run tests for integrationdb:test:prepare
rake test:plugins                     
# Run tests for pluginsenvironment
rake test:recent                   
# Run tests for recentdb:test:prepare
rake test:uncommitted                 
# Run tests for uncommitteddb:test:prepare
rake test:units                    
# Run tests for unitsdb:test:prepare
rake tmp:cache:clear               
# Clears all files and directories in tmp/cache
rake tmp:clear                        
# Clear session, cache, and socket files from tmp/
rake tmp:create                       
# Creates tmp directories for sessions, cache, and sockets
rake tmp:pids:clear                   
# Clears all files in tmp/pids
rake tmp:sessions:clear               
# Clears all files in tmp/sessions
rake tmp:sockets:clear             
# Clears all files in tmp/sockets
rake update_dialog_helper          
# Copies the latest dialog.js to the application's public directory