desc "Load exported fixtures (in db/exported_fixtures) into the current environment's database" task :load_exported_fixtures => :environment do require 'active_record/fixtures' ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(RAILS_ENV.to_sym) Dir.glob(File.join(RAILS_ROOT, 'db', 'exported_fixtures', '*.{yml,csv}')).each do |fixture_file| Fixtures.create_fixtures('db/exported_fixtures', File.basename(fixture_file, '.*')) end end