Rails Wipe

A rake task for Rails to truncate your database without having to drop it.

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem "rails_wipe"

You'll have two additional rake tasks, rake -T:

…
rake db:wipe                            # Truncate the database (from rails_wipe gem)
rake db:wipe:environment                # An overridable environment for rails_wipe gem
…

Warning: this will wipe your database, be careful! By default db:wipe:environment will abort in production.

Sometimes you want to wipe in production, e.g. if you run staging on the production environment. While scary, it is possible to override the environment check by putting the following code in your Rakefile:

Rake::Task["db:wipe:environment"].clear

task "db:wipe:environment" => [:environment] do
  # Replace the below code with whatever madness you prefer.
  abort "[ERROR] Cannot wipe #{Rails.env} environment." if Rails.env.production?
end

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies.

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/Burgestrand/rails_wipe. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.