Seeding a database in Rails is a common task that developers perform regularly. When building an application, it’s often necessary to reset the database to a clean state and populate it with initial data. This is especially true in the development and testing phases. With the introduction of `rails db:seed:replant`, this process has been simplified, allowing developers to reseed the database with one command. This replaces the older method of dropping, creating, migrating, and then seeding the database.
Before diving into the specifics of the `db:seed:replant` command, let’s understand the context and the commands it replaces:
Context: Database Seeding in Rails
Rails uses a `seeds.rb` file located in the `db` directory, which is a conventional place to put all the seeding logic. Seeding the database is usually done through the `rails db:seed` command. However, there might be times when you want to start afresh, which traditionally involved multiple steps:
rails db:drop db:create db:migrate db:seedThese steps are necessary to clear out the old data and ensure that the new data is built on a clean slate.
