Added some generic YAML backup/restore code for my convenience

.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /config/database.yml
-/*.sqlite3
+/*.sqlite3
+/data

Rakefile

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 desc 'Migrate the database'
 task :migrate => :environment do
   ActiveRecord::Base.logger = Logger.new STDOUT
-  ActiveRecord::Migrator.migrate 'migrations', (ENV['VERSION'] ? ENV['VERSION'].to_i : nil)
+  ActiveRecord::Migrator.migrate 'migrations', (ENV['version'] ? ENV['version'].to_i : nil)
 end
 
 desc 'Loads environment'
 task :environment do
   require 'ohnomymoney'
+end
+
+
+# Generic YAML loading/backup code, for my fixture convenience
+namespace :data do
+
+  desc "Restore a model using YAML backup"
+  task :restore => :environment do
+    model = ENV['model'].singularize.camelize.constantize
+    filename = "%s.yml" % File.join("data", model.table_name)
+
+    model.delete_all
+
+    YAML::load_file(filename).each do |data_row|
+      record = model.new
+      data_row.keys.each do |field|
+        record[field] = data_row[field] if data_row[field]
+      end
+      record.save
+    end
+  end
+
+
+  desc "Backup a model to YAML."
+  task :backup => :environment do
+    model = ENV['model'].singularize.camelize.constantize
+    filename = "%s.yml" % File.join("data", model.table_name)
+
+    data = model.all.reduce([]) do |records, record|
+      element = {}
+      model.columns.map(&:name).each do |field|
+        element[field] = record[field]
+      end
+      records << element
+    end
+
+    FileUtils.mkdir_p File.dirname(filename)
+    File.open(filename, "w") do |file|
+      YAML.dump data, file
+    end
+  end
+
 end