Pito, I'm going to leave the entire db version control question for someone else, but to answer your question about the schema.rb, if you run a migration, it will change the structure of the database, which is what schema.rb keeps track of. Rails will rewrite that file every for every migration ran to reflect the current structure of the db ( structure as in tables, column names, indexes, etc... Not data the records stored in the db ). This file should be checked into git, and like any file that changes under version control, git will let you know about the changes and track them.
As your app grows, your migration files will be more prone to hving problems and shouldn't be used to create / setup the database. The schema file is much better at recreating the db structure when starting fresh ( like if you have to scale up your app and create a new db on another server ). There are rake tasks for this, such as rake db:reset ( caution, that one will wipe out all data in db), so read up on them and they can save you many headaches as you have to move your databases around. -Matt On Apr 20, 9:25 am, Pito Salas <[email protected]> wrote: > This maybe too vague a question, but I wonder if there's some wisdom out > there for me to tap... > > Sometimes when I get ready to commit, git says that db/schema.rb has > changed. This is weird, and I think it's because I did a rake > db:migrate. > > So my question is, what's the best practice relating to putting bits of > the database (schema.rb and the databases themselves) into sourc > control. And what's the best practice relating to running a rake > db:migrate after a git checkout of a new branch? > > Anyone? > > - Pito > -- > Posted viahttp://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
