What is the preferred way to manage schema.rb in git?

Question

I don\'t want to add schema.rb to .gitignore, because I want to be able to load a new database schema from that file. However, keeping it checked

Answer 1

You could define a merge strategy. I've found this solution, but dont remember the source

[merge "railsschema"]
name = newer Rails schema version
driver = "ruby -e '\n\
    system %(git), %(merge-file), %(--marker-size=%L), %(%A), %(%O), %(%B)\n\
    b = File.read(%(%A))\n\
    b.sub!(/^<+ .*\\nActiveRecord::Schema\\.define.:version => (\\d+). do\\n=+\\nActiveRecord::Schema\\.define.:version => (\\d+). do\\n>+ .*/) do\n\
      %(ActiveRecord::Schema.define(:version => #{[$1, $2].max}) do)\n\
    end\n\
    File.open(%(%A), %(w)) {|f| f.write(b)}\n\
    exit 1 if b.include?(%(<)*%L)'"

put this "somewhere" and

git-config --global core.attributesfile "somewhere"