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@@ -5,18 +5,48 @@ A collection of stuff that we use often, but not generic enough to go in another
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 If you've stumbled across this and love/hate it, let us know!
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-Right now, it consists of:
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-* A few core extensions, mostly to the collection classes
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-** Object#tap (http://moonbase.rydia.net/mental/blog/programming/eavesdropping-on-expressions)
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-** String#widont to make typography nicer (http://shauninman.com/archive/2006/08/22/widont_wordpress_plugin)
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-* Unicode TextHelper Additions
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-** Change the default truncate & excerpt string to … instead of ...
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-** Add widont to textilize methods
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-* Transparent removal of trailing slashes in URLs.
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-* some capistrano tasks
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-* a rake task to rename all .rhtml files to .erb
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-* some test assertions
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-
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-TODO:
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-  * Phone cleanup/validations
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-  
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+== Core Extensions
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+
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+* Object#tap (http://moonbase.rydia.net/mental/blog/programming/eavesdropping-on-expressions)
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+
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+* String#widont to make typography nicer (http://shauninman.com/archive/2006/08/22/widont_wordpress_plugin)
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+
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+* Array#uniq with a block
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+
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+  >> %w(the cow jumped over the moon).uniq {|s| s.length }
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+  => ["the", "jumped", "over"]
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+
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+* Round floats to the nearest x
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+
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+  >> 5.38475.round(0.5)
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+  => 5.5
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+
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+* Hash goodies
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+
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+  >> {:a => [1,3,4], :b => [2,5]}.without(:a => 1)
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+  => {:a => [3,4], :b => [2,5]}
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+
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+  >> {:a => "", :b => nil, :c => 1}.compact
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+  => {:c => 1}
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+
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+* And more…
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+
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+== Rails Helpers
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+
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+* Unicode TextHelper additions that change the default truncate & excerpt string to an elipsis (…) instead of just three periods (...)
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+
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+* Add widont to textilize methods
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+
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+* Transparent removal of trailing slashes in URLs
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+
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+== Rake Tasks
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+
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+== Capistrano Recipes
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+
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+* Use :remote_cache by default
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+
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+* Disable and enable web during restarts
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+
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+* Run deploy:cleanup after deploys
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+
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+* Backups
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@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ namespace :backup do
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     capture("cd #{current_path}; rake -s backup:latest BACKUP_DIR=#{backup_path}").strip
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   end
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-  # Create a backup on the server
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+  desc "Create a backup on the server"
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   task :create, :roles => :db, :only => {:primary => true} do
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     rails_env = fetch(:rails_env, "production")
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     skip_tables = Array(skip_backup_tables).join(',')
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     run "cd #{current_path}; rake backup:create RAILS_ENV=#{rails_env} BACKUP_DIR=#{backup_path} SKIP_TABLES=#{skip_tables}"
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   end
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-  # Retreive a backup from the server. Gets the latest by default, set :backup_version to specify which version to copy
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+  desc "Retreive a backup from the server. Gets the latest by default, set :backup_version to specify which version to copy"
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   task :get, :roles => :db, :only => {:primary => true} do
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     version = fetch(:backup_version, latest)
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     run "tar -C #{backup_path} -czf #{backup_path}/#{version}.tar.gz #{version}"
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@@ -32,4 +32,11 @@ namespace :backup do
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     `rm backups/#{version}.tar.gz`
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   end
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+  desc "Creates a new remote backup and clones it to the local database"
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+  task :clone, :roles => :db, :only => {:primary => true} do
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+    create
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+    get
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+    `rake db:backup:restore`
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+  end
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+  
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 end
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@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ namespace :backup do
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     `cp db/schema.rb #{ENV['FIXTURES_DIR']}/`
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   end
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+  desc "Create a new backup of the database"
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   task :create => [:environment, 'db:fixtures:dump', 'db:schema:dump']
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+  desc "Restore a backup of the database. Use VERSION to specify a version other than the latest."
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   task :restore => [:latest, :environment, 'db:schema:load', 'db:fixtures:load']
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 end

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@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
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+# These tasks replace the built-in Rails tasks for dumping and loading the schema,
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+# allowing you to specify the FIXTURES_DIR to use for dumping and loading.
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+
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 # http://matthewbass.com/2007/03/07/overriding-existing-rake-tasks/
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 Rake::TaskManager.class_eval do
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   def remove_task(task_name)