Consistently use "rake foo:bar" instead of 'rake foo:bar', rake foo:bar or rake foo:bar.

actionpack/lib/action_controller/session/cookie_store.rb

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ require 'openssl'       # to generate the HMAC message digest
 #   such as 'MD5', 'RIPEMD160', 'SHA256', etc.
 #
 # To generate a secret key for an existing application, run
-# `rake secret` and set the key in config/environment.rb.
+# "rake secret" and set the key in config/environment.rb.
 #
 # Note that changing digest or secret invalidates all existing sessions!
 class CGI::Session::CookieStore

railties/configs/databases/frontbase.yml

@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ development:
   username: <%= app_name %>
   password: ''
 
-# Warning: The database defined as 'test' will be erased and
-# re-generated from your development database when you run 'rake'.
+# Warning: The database defined as "test" will be erased and
+# re-generated from your development database when you run "rake".
 # Do not set this db to the same as development or production.
 test:
   adapter: frontbase

railties/configs/databases/mysql.yml

@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ development:
   host: localhost
 <% end -%>
 
-# Warning: The database defined as 'test' will be erased and
-# re-generated from your development database when you run 'rake'.
+# Warning: The database defined as "test" will be erased and
+# re-generated from your development database when you run "rake".
 # Do not set this db to the same as development or production.
 test:
   adapter: mysql

railties/configs/databases/oracle.yml

@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ development:
   username: <%= app_name %>
   password:
 
-# Warning: The database defined as 'test' will be erased and
-# re-generated from your development database when you run 'rake'.
+# Warning: The database defined as "test" will be erased and
+# re-generated from your development database when you run "rake".
 # Do not set this db to the same as development or production.
 test:
   adapter: oracle

railties/configs/databases/postgresql.yml

@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ development:
   # The server defaults to notice.
   #min_messages: warning
 
-# Warning: The database defined as 'test' will be erased and
-# re-generated from your development database when you run 'rake'.
+# Warning: The database defined as "test" will be erased and
+# re-generated from your development database when you run "rake".
 # Do not set this db to the same as development or production.
 test:
   adapter: postgresql

railties/configs/databases/sqlite2.yml

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ development:
   adapter: sqlite
   database: db/development.sqlite2
 
-# Warning: The database defined as 'test' will be erased and
-# re-generated from your development database when you run 'rake'.
+# Warning: The database defined as "test" will be erased and
+# re-generated from your development database when you run "rake".
 # Do not set this db to the same as development or production.
 test:
   adapter: sqlite

railties/configs/databases/sqlite3.yml

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ development:
   database: db/development.sqlite3
   timeout: 5000
 
-# Warning: The database defined as 'test' will be erased and
-# re-generated from your development database when you run 'rake'.
+# Warning: The database defined as "test" will be erased and
+# re-generated from your development database when you run "rake".
 # Do not set this db to the same as development or production.
 test:
   adapter: sqlite3

railties/environments/environment.rb

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Rails::Initializer.run do |config|
   # config.frameworks -= [ :active_record, :active_resource, :action_mailer ]
 
   # Specify gems that this application depends on. 
-  # They can then be installed with rake gems:install on new installations.
+  # They can then be installed with "rake gems:install" on new installations.
   # config.gem "bj"
   # config.gem "hpricot", :version => '0.6', :source => "http://code.whytheluckystiff.net"
   # config.gem "aws-s3", :lib => "aws/s3"
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ Rails::Initializer.run do |config|
 
   # Make Time.zone default to the specified zone, and make Active Record store time values
   # in the database in UTC, and return them converted to the specified local zone.
-  # Run `rake -D time` for a list of tasks for finding time zone names. Uncomment to use default local time.
+  # Run "rake -D time" for a list of tasks for finding time zone names. Uncomment to use default local time.
   config.time_zone = 'UTC'
 
   # Your secret key for verifying cookie session data integrity.
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Rails::Initializer.run do |config|
 
   # Use the database for sessions instead of the cookie-based default,
   # which shouldn't be used to store highly confidential information
-  # (create the session table with 'rake db:sessions:create')
+  # (create the session table with "rake db:sessions:create")
   # config.action_controller.session_store = :active_record_store
 
   # Use SQL instead of Active Record's schema dumper when creating the test database.

railties/lib/initializer.rb

@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ module Rails
     # the Gem version of Rails shouldn't be loaded.
     def install_gem_spec_stubs
       unless Rails.respond_to?(:vendor_rails?)
-        abort "Your config/boot.rb is outdated: Run 'rake rails:update'."
+        abort %{Your config/boot.rb is outdated: Run "rake rails:update".}
       end
 
       if Rails.vendor_rails?
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ module Rails
     def load_observers
       if configuration.frameworks.include?(:active_record)
         if @configuration.gems.any? { |g| !g.loaded? }
-          puts "Unable to instantiate observers, some gems that this application depends on are missing.  Run 'rake gems:install'"
+          puts %{Unable to instantiate observers, some gems that this application depends on are missing.  Run "rake gems:install"}
         else
           ActiveRecord::Base.instantiate_observers
         end
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ module Rails
       if configuration.time_zone
         zone_default = Time.send!(:get_zone, configuration.time_zone)
         unless zone_default
-          raise "Value assigned to config.time_zone not recognized. Run `rake -D time` for a list of tasks for finding appropriate time zone names."
+          raise %{Value assigned to config.time_zone not recognized. Run "rake -D time" for a list of tasks for finding appropriate time zone names.}
         end
         Time.zone_default = zone_default
         if configuration.frameworks.include?(:active_record)

railties/lib/tasks/databases.rake

@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ namespace :db do
         pending_migrations.each do |pending_migration|
           puts '  %4d %s' % [pending_migration.version, pending_migration.name]
         end
-        abort "Run `rake db:migrate` to update your database then try again."
+        abort %{Run "rake db:migrate" to update your database then try again.}
       end
     end
   end