spk · March 14, 2012 13:39 · Mar 14, 2012
diff --git a/populate.rake b/populate.rake
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+# encoding: utf-8
+namespace :db do
+
+  I18n.locale = :en
+
+  desc "initialize"
+  task :init => [:environment] do
+    raise "\n Please run `rake db:seed` before" if User.all.blank?
+
+    require 'ffaker'
+    I18n.reload!
+    require 'fabrication'
+    Dir[Rails.root.join("spec/fabricators/**/*.rb")].each {|f| require f}
+
+    # dont send email
+    ActionMailer::Base.delivery_method = :test
+
+    def generate_user
+      Fabricate :user
+    end
+
+    def print_more
+      print '.'
+      STDOUT.flush
+    end
+
+    def nb
+      (ENV['NB'] || 1).to_i
+    end
+
+  end
+
+  desc "do all populate tasks"
+  task :populate => [:init] do
+    Rake::Task['db:populate:default'].invoke
+  end
+
+  namespace :populate do
+
+    desc 'default: do all populate tasks'
+    task :default => [
+      :user,
+    ]
+
+    desc "Create 10 users"
+    task :user => :init do
+      print "Create 10 users"
+      (10 * nb).times {
+        generate_user
+        print_more
+      }
+      puts ""
+    end
+
+  end
+end