How can I pull an existing heroku app to new location for development?

Question

I currently have the latest version of my code on another computer that I want to develop from (Home computer and laptop for when I\'m out and about) I set up heroku for my

Answer 1

If you first need to get the app from Heroku, clone your app.

To do that, write in your Terminal:

heroku git:clone -a your_app_name

If you already have the app and the remote to heroku follow the next steps. If not, you can check instructions here https://devcenter.heroku.com/articles/git

1. Find the name of your database

Write in your Terminal:

heroku pg:info -a your_app_name

it will look something like this:

HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_MAROON_URL

2. Find the name of your local database

In your Rails app go to config/database.yml

it will look something like this:

your_app_name_development

3. Clone your production database (PostgreSQL)

Write in your Terminal with your own database names:

heroku pg:pull HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_MAROON_URL your_app_name_development -a your_app_name

HEROKU_POSTGRESQL_MAROON_URL is an example of how could be the name of your production database (in Heroku): my_app_name_development is the name of your development database (locally) the_name_of_my_app is the name of your app in Heroku

Don't forget to finish this with bundle install...