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rake db:abort_if_pending_migrations          # Raises an error if there are pending migrations
rake db:charset                              # Retrieves the charset for the current environment's database
rake db:collation                            # Retrieves the collation for the current environment's database
rake db:create                               # Create the database defined in config/database.yml for the current RAILS_ENV
rake db:create:all                           # Create all the local databases defined in config/database.yml
rake db:drop                                 # Drops the database for the current RAILS_ENV
rake db:drop:all                             # Drops all the local databases defined in config/database.yml
rake db:fixtures:identify                    # Search for a fixture given a LABEL or ID.
rake db:fixtures:load                        # Load fixtures into the current environment's database.
rake db:migrate                              # Migrate the database through scripts in db/migrate and update db/schema.rb by invoking db:schema:dump. Target specific version with VERSION=x. Turn off output with VERBOSE=false.
rake db:migrate:down                         # Runs the "down" for a given migration VERSION.
rake db:migrate:redo                         # Rollbacks the database one migration and re migrate up.
rake db:migrate:reset                        # Resets your database using your migrations for the current environment
rake db:migrate:up                           # Runs the "up" for a given migration VERSION.
rake db:reset                                # Drops and recreates the database from db/schema.rb for the current environment.
rake db:rollback                             # Rolls the schema back to the previous version.
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:sessions:clear                       # Clear the sessions table
rake db:sessions:create                      # Creates a sessions migration for use with ActiveRecord::SessionStore
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:load                            # Recreate the test database from the current schema.rb
rake db:test:prepare                         # Check for pending migrations and load the test schema
rake db:test:purge                           # Empty the test database
rake db:version                              # Retrieves the current schema version number
rake doc:app                                 # Build the RDOC 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:guides                              # Generate Rails guides
rake doc:plugins                             # Generate documentation for all installed plugins
rake doc:plugins:activerecord_i18n_defaults  # Generate documentation for the activerecord_i18n_defaults plugin
rake doc:plugins:i18n_label                  # Generate documentation for the i18n_label plugin
rake doc:plugins:jrails                      # Generate documentation for the jrails plugin
rake doc:plugins:paperclip                   # Generate documentation for the paperclip plugin
rake doc:plugins:rubyamf                     # Generate documentation for the rubyamf plugin
rake doc:rails                               # Build the RDOC HTML Files
rake doc:reapp                               # Force a rebuild of the RDOC files
rake doc:rerails                             # Force a rebuild of the RDOC files
rake gems                                    # List the gems that this rails application depends on
rake gems:build                              # Build any native extensions for unpacked gems
rake gems:build:force                        # Force the build of all gems
rake gems:install                            # Installs all required gems.
rake gems:refresh_specs                      # Regenerate gem specifications in correct format.
rake gems:unpack                             # Unpacks all required gems into vendor/gems.
rake gems:unpack:dependencies                # Unpacks all required gems and their dependencies into vendor/gems.
rake jrails:install:javascripts              # Installs the jQuery and jRails javascripts to public/javascripts
rake jrails:update:javascripts               # Copies the jQuery and jRails javascripts to public/javascripts
rake log:clear                               # Truncates all *.log files in log/ to zero bytes
rake middleware                              # Prints out your Rack middleware stack
rake notes                                   # Enumerate all annotations
rake notes:custom                            # Enumerate a custom annotation, specify with ANNOTATION=WTFHAX
rake notes:fixme                             # Enumerate all FIXME annotations
rake notes:optimize                          # Enumerate all OPTIMIZE annotations
rake notes:todo                              # Enumerate all TODO annotations
rake paperclip:clean                         # Cleans out invalid attachments.
rake paperclip:refresh                       # Refreshes both metadata and thumbnails.
rake paperclip:refresh:metadata              # Regenerates content_type/size metadata for a given CLASS (and optional ATTACHMENT).
rake paperclip:refresh:thumbnails            # Regenerates thumbnails for a given CLASS (and optional ATTACHMENT).
rake rails:freeze:edge                       # Lock to latest Edge Rails, for a specific release use RELEASE=1.2.0
rake rails:freeze:gems                       # Lock this application to the current gems (by unpacking them into vendor/rails)
rake rails:template                          # Applies the template supplied by LOCATION=/path/to/template
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:application_controller     # Rename application.rb to application_controller.rb
rake rails:update:configs                    # Update config/boot.rb from your current rails install
rake rails:update:generate_dispatchers       # Generate dispatcher files in RAILS_ROOT/public
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 routes                                  # Print out all defined routes in match order, with names.
rake secret                                  # Generate a crytographically secure secret key.
rake stats                                   # Report code statistics (KLOCs, etc) from the application
rake test                                    # Run all unit, functional and integration tests
rake test:benchmark                          # Run tests for benchmarkdb:test:prepare / Benchmark the performance tests
rake test:functionals                        # Run tests for functionalsdb:test:prepare / Run the functional tests in test/functional
rake test:integration                        # Run tests for integrationdb:test:prepare / Run the integration tests in test/integration
rake test:plugins                            # Run tests for pluginsenvironment / Run the plugin tests in vendor/plugins/*/**/test (or specify with PLUGIN=name)
rake test:profile                            # Run tests for profiledb:test:prepare / Profile the performance tests
rake test:recent                             # Run tests for recentdb:test:prepare / Test recent changes
rake test:uncommitted                        # Run tests for uncommitteddb:test:prepare / Test changes since last checkin (only Subversion and Git)
rake test:units                              # Run tests for unitsdb:test:prepare / Run the unit tests in test/unit
rake time:zones:all                          # Displays names of all time zones recognized by the Rails TimeZone class, grouped by offset.
rake time:zones:local                        # Displays names of time zones recognized by the Rails TimeZone class with the same offset as the system local time
rake time:zones:us                           # Displays names of US time zones recognized by the Rails TimeZone class, grouped by offset.
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, sockets, and pids
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