Rake db:test:prepare and pending migrations

I have run into a minor glitch and would like to know what others
think. I am working on a test/expectation and as part of the
process of debugging I am rolling back db:migrations one step at a
time to discover where the problem was introduced.

My workflow looks like this:

$ cucumber … feature:xx
fail
$ rake db:rollback
$ rake db:test:prepare
fail … you have pending migrations.

Now, it seems to me that while testing one is interested only in
those migrations that have been applied, not which ones are
available. It is nice to be notified that unapplied migrations
exist but I am not sure that one should be constrained to apply them
to conduct tests.

What do others think?


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On Apr 7, 2009, at 1:32 PM, James B. Byrne wrote:

$ rake db:rollback
$ rake db:test:prepare
fail … you have pending migrations.

Now, it seems to me that while testing one is interested only in
those migrations that have been applied, not which ones are
available. It is nice to be notified that unapplied migrations
exist but I am not sure that one should be constrained to apply them
to conduct tests.

What do others think?

If you are using git, it might be wiser to create a branch and reset –
hard back to those migrations.

Or, use git’s bisect, and migrate:reset from a clean db each time

Scott

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:44 AM, Scott T. [email protected]
wrote:

to conduct tests.

What do others think?

If you are using git, it might be wiser to create a branch and reset --hard
back to those migrations.

Or, use git’s bisect, and migrate:reset from a clean db each time

This also might be useful:
http://outofti.me/post/90028018/rake-db-rollback-to-common

On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 10:32 AM, James B. Byrne [email protected]
wrote:

$ rake db:rollback

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Scott and Mark have given good input. This is a Rails thing, not an
RSpec thing, so if you want the behavior of db:test:prepare changed
then you’ll have to do it at the Rails end.

Pat