pt-osc 0.0.1

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  3. data/README.md +35 -0
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  5. data/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/pt_osc_adapter.rb +134 -0
  6. data/lib/active_record/pt_osc_migration.rb +150 -0
  7. data/lib/pt-osc.rb +3 -0
  8. data/lib/pt-osc/version.rb +5 -0
  9. data/pt-osc.gemspec +32 -0
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+ *.gem
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+ *.rbc
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+ .bundle
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+ .config
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+ .yardoc
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+ Gemfile.lock
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+ InstalledFiles
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+ _yardoc
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+ coverage
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+ doc/
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+ lib/bundler/man
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+ pkg
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+ rdoc
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+ spec/reports
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+ test/tmp
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+ test/version_tmp
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+ tmp
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+ *.bundle
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+ *.so
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+ *.o
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+ *.a
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+ mkmf.log
data/Gemfile ADDED
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+ source 'https://rubygems.org'
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+
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+ # Specify your gem's dependencies in pt-osc.gemspec
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+ gemspec
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+ ## `pt-online-schema-change` migrations
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+
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+ Runs regular Rails/ActiveRecord migrations via the [Percona Toolkit pt-online-schema-change tool](http://www.percona.com/doc/percona-toolkit/2.1/pt-online-schema-change.html).
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+
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+ ## Installation
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+
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+ Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
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+
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+ gem 'pt-osc'
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+
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+ And then execute:
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+
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+ $ bundle
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+
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+ Or install it yourself as:
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+
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+ $ gem install pt-osc
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+
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+ ## Usage
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+
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+ Set your database adapter to be `pt_osc` in your application's database.yml.
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+ Specify `pt-online-schema-change` flags in a `percona` hash in the config.
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+ e.g.
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+ ```yaml
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+ environment:
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+ host: localhost
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+ username: root
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+ database: rails
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+ percona:
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+ defaults-file: /etc/mysql/percona-user.cnf
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+ recursion-method: "'dsn=D=percona,t=slaves'"
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+ ```
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+
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+ Additional options for the `percona` hash include:
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+ - `run_mode`: Specify `'execute'` to actually run `pt-online-schema-change` when the migration runs. Specify `'print'` to output the commands to run to STDOUT instead. Default is `'print'`.
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+ require 'bundler/gem_tasks'
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+ require 'rake/testtask'
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+
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+ Rake::TestTask.new do |t|
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+ t.libs.push 'test'
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+ t.test_files = FileList['test/**/*_test.rb']
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+ end
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+
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+ desc 'Run tests'
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+ task :default => :test
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+
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+ load 'active_record/railties/databases.rake'
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+
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+ namespace :db do
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+ task :test_create do
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+ test_spec = YAML.load_file('./test/config/database.yml')['test']
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+ test_spec['adapter'] = 'mysql2'
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+ create_database(test_spec)
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+ end
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+ end
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+ require 'active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter'
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+
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+ module ActiveRecord
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+ class Base
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+ # Establishes a connection to the database that's used by all Active Record objects.
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+ def self.pt_osc_connection(config)
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+ config[:username] = 'root' if config[:username].nil?
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+
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+ if Mysql2::Client.const_defined? :FOUND_ROWS
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+ config[:flags] = Mysql2::Client::FOUND_ROWS
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+ end
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+
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+ client = Mysql2::Client.new(config.symbolize_keys)
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+ options = [config[:host], config[:username], config[:password], config[:database], config[:port], config[:socket], 0]
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+ ConnectionAdapters::PtOscAdapter.new(client, logger, options, config)
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ module ConnectionAdapters
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+ class PtOscAdapter < Mysql2Adapter
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+ ADAPTER_NAME = 'pt-osc'
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+
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+ # Renames a table.
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+ #
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+ # Example:
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+ # rename_table('octopuses', 'octopi')
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+ def rename_table(table_name, new_name)
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+ add_command(table_name, "RENAME TO #{quote_table_name(new_name)}")
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+ end
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+
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+ def add_column(table_name, column_name, type, options = {})
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+ add_command(table_name, add_column_sql(table_name, column_name, type, options))
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+ end
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+
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+ def change_column(table_name, column_name, type, options = {}) #:nodoc:
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+ add_command(table_name, change_column_sql(table_name, column_name, type, options))
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+ end
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+
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+ def rename_column(table_name, column_name, new_column_name) #:nodoc:
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+ add_command(table_name, rename_column_sql(table_name, column_name, new_column_name))
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+ end
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+
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+ # Removes the column(s) from the table definition.
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+ # ===== Examples
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+ # remove_column(:suppliers, :qualification)
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+ # remove_columns(:suppliers, :qualification, :experience)
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+ def remove_column(table_name, *column_names)
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+ if column_names.flatten!
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+ message = 'Passing array to remove_columns is deprecated, please use ' +
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+ 'multiple arguments, like: `remove_columns(:posts, :foo, :bar)`'
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+ ActiveSupport::Deprecation.warn message, caller
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+ end
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+
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+ columns_for_remove(table_name, *column_names).each do |column_name|
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+ add_command(table_name, "DROP COLUMN #{column_name}")
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ # Adds a new index to the table. +column_name+ can be a single Symbol, or
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+ # an Array of Symbols.
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+ #
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+ # The index will be named after the table and the column name(s), unless
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+ # you pass <tt>:name</tt> as an option.
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+ #
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+ # ===== Examples
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+ #
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+ # ====== Creating a simple index
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+ # add_index(:suppliers, :name)
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+ # generates
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+ # CREATE INDEX suppliers_name_index ON suppliers(name)
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+ #
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+ # ====== Creating a unique index
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+ # add_index(:accounts, [:branch_id, :party_id], :unique => true)
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+ # generates
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+ # CREATE UNIQUE INDEX accounts_branch_id_party_id_index ON accounts(branch_id, party_id)
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+ #
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+ # ====== Creating a named index
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+ # add_index(:accounts, [:branch_id, :party_id], :unique => true, :name => 'by_branch_party')
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+ # generates
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+ # CREATE UNIQUE INDEX by_branch_party ON accounts(branch_id, party_id)
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+ #
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+ # ====== Creating an index with specific key length
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+ # add_index(:accounts, :name, :name => 'by_name', :length => 10)
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+ # generates
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+ # CREATE INDEX by_name ON accounts(name(10))
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+ #
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+ # add_index(:accounts, [:name, :surname], :name => 'by_name_surname', :length => {:name => 10, :surname => 15})
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+ # generates
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+ # CREATE INDEX by_name_surname ON accounts(name(10), surname(15))
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+ #
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+ # ====== Creating an index with a sort order (desc or asc, asc is the default)
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+ # add_index(:accounts, [:branch_id, :party_id, :surname], :order => {:branch_id => :desc, :part_id => :asc})
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+ # generates
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+ # CREATE INDEX by_branch_desc_party ON accounts(branch_id DESC, party_id ASC, surname)
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+ #
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+ # Note: mysql doesn't yet support index order (it accepts the syntax but ignores it)
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+ #
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+ def add_index(table_name, column_name, options = {})
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+ index_name, index_type, index_columns = add_index_options(table_name, column_name, options)
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+ add_command(table_name, "ADD #{index_type} INDEX #{quote_column_name(index_name)} (#{index_columns})")
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+ end
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+
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+ def remove_index!(table_name, index_name) #:nodoc:
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+ add_command(table_name, "DROP INDEX #{quote_column_name(index_name)}")
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+ end
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+
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+ def clear_commands
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+ @osc_commands = {}
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+ end
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+
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+ def get_commands_string(table_name)
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+ @osc_commands ||= {}
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+ @osc_commands[table_name] ||= []
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+ @osc_commands[table_name].join(',')
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+ end
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+
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+ def get_commanded_tables
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+ @osc_commands.keys
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+ end
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+
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+ protected
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+ def add_command(table_name, command)
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+ @osc_commands ||= {}
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+ @osc_commands[table_name] ||= []
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+ @osc_commands[table_name] << command
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+ end
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+
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+ def get_commands(table_name)
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+ @osc_commands ||= {}
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+ @osc_commands[table_name]
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ module ActiveRecord
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+ class PtOscMigration < Migration
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+ # @TODO whitelist all valid pt-osc flags
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+ DEFAULT_FLAGS = {
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+ 'defaults-file' => nil,
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+ 'recursion-method' => nil,
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+ 'execute' => false,
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+ }.freeze
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+
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+ def migrate(direction)
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+ return unless respond_to?(direction)
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+
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+ run_mode = percona_config[:run_mode] || 'print'
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+ raise ArgumentError.new('Invalid run_mode specified in database config') unless run_mode.in? %w(print execute)
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+
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+ case direction
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+ when :up then announce 'migrating'
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+ when :down then announce 'reverting'
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+ end
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+
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+ time = nil
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+ ActiveRecord::Base.connection_pool.with_connection do |conn|
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+ @connection = conn
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+ if respond_to?(:change)
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+ if direction == :down
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+ recorder = CommandRecorder.new(@connection)
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+ suppress_messages do
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+ @connection = recorder
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+ change
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+ end
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+ @connection = conn
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+ time = Benchmark.measure {
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+ self.revert {
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+ recorder.inverse.each do |cmd, args|
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+ send(cmd, *args)
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+ end
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+ }
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+ }
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+ else
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+ time = Benchmark.measure { change }
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+ end
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+ else
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+ time = Benchmark.measure { send(direction) }
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+ end
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+
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+ case run_mode
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+ when 'execute' then time += Benchmark.measure { execute_pt_osc }
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+ when 'print' then print_pt_osc
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+ end
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+
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+ @connection = nil
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+ end
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+
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+ case direction
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+ when :up then announce 'migrated (%.4fs)' % time.real; write
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+ when :down then announce 'reverted (%.4fs)' % time.real; write
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ protected
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+ def execute_pt_osc
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+ return unless @connection.is_a? ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::PtOscAdapter
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+
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+ @connection.get_commanded_tables.each do |table_name|
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+ execute_sql = @connection.get_commands_string(table_name)
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+
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+ Rails.logger.tagged('pt-osc') do |logger|
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+
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+ database_name = database_config[:database]
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+
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+ logger.info "Running on #{database_name}|#{table_name}: #{execute_sql}"
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+ announce 'running pt-online-schema-change'
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+
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+ [true, false].each do |dry_run|
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+ command = percona_command(execute_sql, database_name, table_name, execute: !dry_run)
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+ logger.info "Command is #{command}"
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+ success = Kernel.system command
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+ if success
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+ logger.info "Successfully #{dry_run ? 'dry ran' : 'executed'} on #{database_name}|#{table_name}: #{execute_sql}"
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+ else
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+ failure_message = "Unable to #{dry_run ? 'dry run' : 'execute'} query on #{database_name}|#{table_name}: #{execute_sql}"
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+ logger.error failure_message
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+ raise RuntimeError.new(failure_message)
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ @connection.clear_commands
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+ end
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+
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+ def print_pt_osc
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+ return unless @connection.is_a? ActiveRecord::ConnectionAdapters::PtOscAdapter
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+
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+ database_name = database_config[:database]
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+
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+ @connection.get_commanded_tables.each do |table_name|
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+ execute_sql = @connection.get_commands_string(table_name)
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+
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+ announce 'Run the following commands:'
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+
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+ [true, false].each do |dry_run|
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+ write percona_command(execute_sql, database_name, table_name, execute: !dry_run)
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+ end
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+
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+ end
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+
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+ @connection.clear_commands
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+ end
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+
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+ def percona_command(execute_sql, database_name, table_name, options = {})
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+ command = "pt-online-schema-change --alter '#{execute_sql}' D=#{database_name},t=#{table_name}"
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+
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+ # Whitelist
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+ options = HashWithIndifferentAccess.new(options)
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+ options = options.slice(*DEFAULT_FLAGS.keys)
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+
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+ # Merge config
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+ config = percona_config
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+ if config
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+ config.slice(*DEFAULT_FLAGS.keys).each do |key, value|
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+ options[key] ||= value
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+ end
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+ end
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+
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+ # Set defaults
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+ DEFAULT_FLAGS.each do |key, value|
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+ options[key] ||= value unless value.nil?
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+ end
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+
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+ # Determine run mode
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+ command += options.delete(:execute) ? ' --execute' : ' --dry-run'
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+
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+ options.each do |key, value|
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+ command += " --#{key} #{value}"
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+ end
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+
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+ command
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+ end
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+
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+ def database_config
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+ # @TODO better way to config?
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+ @connection.instance_variable_get(:@config) || ActiveRecord::Base.connection_config
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+ end
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+
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+ def percona_config
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+ database_config[:percona]
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+ end
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+ end
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+ end
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+ require 'pt-osc/version'
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+ require 'active_record/connection_adapters/pt_osc_adapter'
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+ require 'active_record/pt_osc_migration'
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+ module Pt
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+ module Osc
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+ VERSION = '0.0.1'
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+ end
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+ end
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+ # coding: utf-8
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+ lib = File.expand_path('../lib', __FILE__)
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+ $LOAD_PATH.unshift(lib) unless $LOAD_PATH.include?(lib)
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+ require 'pt-osc/version'
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+
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+ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
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+ spec.name = 'pt-osc'
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+ spec.version = Pt::Osc::VERSION
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+ spec.authors = ['Steve Rice']
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+ spec.email = ['steve@pagerduty.com']
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+ spec.summary = 'Rails migrations via pt-online-schema-change'
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+ spec.description = 'Runs regular Rails/ActiveRecord migrations via the Percona Toolkit pt-online-schema-change tool.'
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+ spec.homepage = 'https://github.com/steverice/pt-osc'
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+
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+ spec.files = `git ls-files -z`.split("\x0")
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+ spec.executables = spec.files.grep(%r{^bin/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
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+ spec.test_files = spec.files.grep(%r{^(test|spec|features)/})
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+ spec.require_paths = ['lib']
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+
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+ spec.add_development_dependency 'bundler', '~> 1.6'
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+ spec.add_development_dependency 'rake'
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+ spec.add_development_dependency 'shoulda'
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+ spec.add_development_dependency 'faker'
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+ spec.add_development_dependency 'mocha'
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+
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+ # For testing using dummy Rails app
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+ spec.add_development_dependency 'rails', '~> 3.2'
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+ spec.add_development_dependency 'sqlite3'
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+
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+ spec.add_runtime_dependency 'activerecord', '~> 3.2'
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+ spec.add_runtime_dependency 'mysql2'
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+ end
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+ test:
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+ pool: 5
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+ host: localhost
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+ username: root
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+ database: pt_osc_test
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+ reconnect: true
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+ log/*
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+ == Welcome to Rails
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+
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+ Rails is a web-application framework that includes everything needed to create
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+ database-backed web applications according to the Model-View-Control pattern.
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+
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+ This pattern splits the view (also called the presentation) into "dumb"
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+ templates that are primarily responsible for inserting pre-built data in between
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+ HTML tags. The model contains the "smart" domain objects (such as Account,
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+ Product, Person, Post) that holds all the business logic and knows how to
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+ persist themselves to a database. The controller handles the incoming requests
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+ (such as Save New Account, Update Product, Show Post) by manipulating the model
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+ and directing data to the view.
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+
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+ In Rails, the model is handled by what's called an object-relational mapping
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+ layer entitled Active Record. This layer allows you to present the data from
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+ database rows as objects and embellish these data objects with business logic
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+ methods. You can read more about Active Record in
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+ link:files/vendor/rails/activerecord/README.html.
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+
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+ The controller and view are handled by the Action Pack, which handles both
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+ layers by its two parts: Action View and Action Controller. These two layers
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+ are bundled in a single package due to their heavy interdependence. This is
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+ unlike the relationship between the Active Record and Action Pack that is much
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+ more separate. Each of these packages can be used independently outside of
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+ Rails. You can read more about Action Pack in
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+ link:files/vendor/rails/actionpack/README.html.
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+
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+
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+ == Getting Started
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+
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+ 1. At the command prompt, create a new Rails application:
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+ <tt>rails new myapp</tt> (where <tt>myapp</tt> is the application name)
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+ 2. Change directory to <tt>myapp</tt> and start the web server:
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+ <tt>cd myapp; rails server</tt> (run with --help for options)
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+
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+ 3. Go to http://localhost:3000/ and you'll see:
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+ "Welcome aboard: You're riding Ruby on Rails!"
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+
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+ 4. Follow the guidelines to start developing your application. You can find
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+ the following resources handy:
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+
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+ * The Getting Started Guide: http://guides.rubyonrails.org/getting_started.html
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+ * Ruby on Rails Tutorial Book: http://www.railstutorial.org/
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+
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+
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+ == Debugging Rails
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+
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+ Sometimes your application goes wrong. Fortunately there are a lot of tools that
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+ will help you debug it and get it back on the rails.
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+
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+ First area to check is the application log files. Have "tail -f" commands
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+ running on the server.log and development.log. Rails will automatically display
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+ debugging and runtime information to these files. Debugging info will also be
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+ shown in the browser on requests from 127.0.0.1.
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+ You can also log your own messages directly into the log file from your code
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+ using the Ruby logger class from inside your controllers. Example:
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+
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+ class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
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+ def destroy
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+ @weblog = Weblog.find(params[:id])
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+ @weblog.destroy
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+ logger.info("#{Time.now} Destroyed Weblog ID ##{@weblog.id}!")
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+ end
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+ end
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+ The result will be a message in your log file along the lines of:
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+ More information on how to use the logger is at http://www.ruby-doc.org/core/
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+ Also, Ruby documentation can be found at http://www.ruby-lang.org/. There are
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+ several books available online as well:
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+
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+ * Programming Ruby: http://www.ruby-doc.org/docs/ProgrammingRuby/ (Pickaxe)
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+ * Learn to Program: http://pine.fm/LearnToProgram/ (a beginners guide)
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+ These two books will bring you up to speed on the Ruby language and also on
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+ programming in general.
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+ == Debugger
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+ Debugger support is available through the debugger command when you start your
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+ Mongrel or WEBrick server with --debugger. This means that you can break out of
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+ execution at any point in the code, investigate and change the model, and then,
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+ resume execution! You need to install ruby-debug to run the server in debugging
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+ mode. With gems, use <tt>sudo gem install ruby-debug</tt>. Example:
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+ class WeblogController < ActionController::Base
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+ def index
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+ @posts = Post.all
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+ debugger
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+ end
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+ end
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+ So the controller will accept the action, run the first line, then present you
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+ with a IRB prompt in the server window. Here you can do things like:
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+ >> @posts.inspect
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+ => "[#<Post:0x14a6be8
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+ @attributes={"title"=>nil, "body"=>nil, "id"=>"1"}>,
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+ #<Post:0x14a6620
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+ @attributes={"title"=>"Rails", "body"=>"Only ten..", "id"=>"2"}>]"
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+ >> @posts.first.title = "hello from a debugger"
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+ => "hello from a debugger"
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+
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+ ...and even better, you can examine how your runtime objects actually work:
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+ >> f = @posts.first
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+ => #<Post:0x13630c4 @attributes={"title"=>nil, "body"=>nil, "id"=>"1"}>
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+ >> f.
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+ Display all 152 possibilities? (y or n)
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+ Finally, when you're ready to resume execution, you can enter "cont".
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+ == Console
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+ The console is a Ruby shell, which allows you to interact with your
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+ application's domain model. Here you'll have all parts of the application
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+ configured, just like it is when the application is running. You can inspect
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+ domain models, change values, and save to the database. Starting the script
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+ without arguments will launch it in the development environment.
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+ To start the console, run <tt>rails console</tt> from the application
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+ directory.
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+ Options:
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+ * Passing the <tt>-s, --sandbox</tt> argument will rollback any modifications
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+ made to the database.
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+ * Passing an environment name as an argument will load the corresponding
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+ To reload your controllers and models after launching the console run
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+ <tt>reload!</tt>
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+ More information about irb can be found at:
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+ link:http://www.rubycentral.org/pickaxe/irb.html
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+ == dbconsole
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+ You can go to the command line of your database directly through <tt>rails
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+ dbconsole</tt>. You would be connected to the database with the credentials
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+ defined in database.yml. Starting the script without arguments will connect you
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+ to the development database. Passing an argument will connect you to a different
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+ database, like <tt>rails dbconsole production</tt>. Currently works for MySQL,
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+ PostgreSQL and SQLite 3.
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+
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+ == Description of Contents
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+ The default directory structure of a generated Ruby on Rails application:
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+ |-- app
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+ | |-- assets
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+ | | |-- images
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+ | | |-- javascripts
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+ | | `-- stylesheets
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+ | |-- controllers
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+ | |-- helpers
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+ | |-- mailers
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+ | |-- models
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+ | `-- views
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+ | `-- layouts
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+ |-- config
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+ | |-- environments
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+ | |-- initializers
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+ | `-- locales
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+ |-- db
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+ |-- doc
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+ |-- lib
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+ | |-- assets
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+ | `-- tasks
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+ |-- log
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+ |-- public
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+ |-- script
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+ |-- test
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+ | |-- fixtures
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+ | |-- functional
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+ | |-- integration
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+ | |-- performance
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+ | `-- unit
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+ |-- tmp
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+ | `-- cache
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+ | `-- assets
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+ `-- vendor
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+ |-- assets
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+ | |-- javascripts
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+ | `-- stylesheets
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+ `-- plugins
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+
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+ app
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+ Holds all the code that's specific to this particular application.
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+ app/assets
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+ Contains subdirectories for images, stylesheets, and JavaScript files.
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+ app/controllers
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+ Holds controllers that should be named like weblogs_controller.rb for
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+ automated URL mapping. All controllers should descend from
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+ ApplicationController which itself descends from ActionController::Base.
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+ app/models
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+ Holds models that should be named like post.rb. Models descend from
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+ ActiveRecord::Base by default.
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+ app/views
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+ Holds the template files for the view that should be named like
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+ weblogs/index.html.erb for the WeblogsController#index action. All views use
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+ eRuby syntax by default.
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+ app/views/layouts
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+ Holds the template files for layouts to be used with views. This models the
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+ common header/footer method of wrapping views. In your views, define a layout
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+ using the <tt>layout :default</tt> and create a file named default.html.erb.
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+ Inside default.html.erb, call <% yield %> to render the view using this
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+ layout.
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+ app/helpers
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+ Holds view helpers that should be named like weblogs_helper.rb. These are
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+ generated for you automatically when using generators for controllers.
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+ Helpers can be used to wrap functionality for your views into methods.
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+ config
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+ Configuration files for the Rails environment, the routing map, the database,
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+ and other dependencies.
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+ db
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+ Contains the database schema in schema.rb. db/migrate contains all the
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+ sequence of Migrations for your schema.
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+ doc
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+ This directory is where your application documentation will be stored when
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+ generated using <tt>rake doc:app</tt>
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+ lib
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+ Application specific libraries. Basically, any kind of custom code that
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+ doesn't belong under controllers, models, or helpers. This directory is in
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+ the load path.
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+ public
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+ The directory available for the web server. Also contains the dispatchers and the
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+ default HTML files. This should be set as the DOCUMENT_ROOT of your web
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+ server.
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+ script
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+ Helper scripts for automation and generation.
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+ test
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+ Unit and functional tests along with fixtures. When using the rails generate
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+ command, template test files will be generated for you and placed in this
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+ directory.
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+ vendor
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+ External libraries that the application depends on. Also includes the plugins
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+ subdirectory. If the app has frozen rails, those gems also go here, under
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+ vendor/rails/. This directory is in the load path.