require 'rake'
namespace :db do
desc 'Runs the populators defined in the configuration file' task :populate => :environment do populators.each do |populator| require "#{Rails.root}/db/populate/#{populator}" Kernel.const_get(populator.split('_').collect(&:capitalize).join).run end end private def path defined?(Rails) ? "#{Rails.root}/config/populate.yml" : "populate.yml" end def configuration @configuration ||= YAML.load_file(path) rescue raise Exception, 'Missing configuration file. Add a populate.yml in the project directory or in the config/ directory for rails projects.' unless File.exists?(path) end def populators configuration['populators'] end
end