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+# Original from http://snippets.dzone.com/posts/show/4468 by MichaelBoutros
+#
+# Optimized version which uses to_yaml for content creation and checks
+# that models are ActiveRecord::Base models before trying to fetch
+# them from database.
+namespace :db do
+  namespace :fixtures do
+    desc 'Dumps all models into fixtures.'
+    task :dump => :environment do
+      puts "rails root = #{Rails.root}"
+      models = Dir.glob(Rails.root.to_s + '/app/models/**.rb').map do |s|
+        Pathname.new(s).basename.to_s.gsub(/\.rb$/,'').camelize
+      end
+
+      puts "Found models: " + models.join(', ')
+
+      models.each do |m|
+        model = m.constantize
+        next unless model.ancestors.include?(ActiveRecord::Base)
+
+        puts "Dumping model: " + m
+        entries = model.all.order(id: :asc)
+
+        increment = 1
+
+        model_file = Rails.root.to_s + '/test/fixtures2/' + m.underscore.pluralize + '.yml'
+        File.open(model_file, 'w') do |f|
+          entries.each do |a|
+            attrs = a.attributes
+            attrs.delete_if{|k,v| v.blank?}
+
+            output = {m + '_' + increment.to_s => attrs}
+            f << output.to_yaml.gsub(/^--- \n/,'') + "\n"
+
+            increment += 1
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end