Cut down even further on rake -T noise

activerecord/lib/active_record/railties/databases.rake

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ namespace :db do
   end
 
   namespace :create do
-    desc 'Create all the local databases defined in config/database.yml'
+    # desc 'Create all the local databases defined in config/database.yml'
     task :all => :load_config do
       ActiveRecord::Base.configurations.each_value do |config|
         # Skip entries that don't have a database key, such as the first entry here:
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace :db do
     end
   end
 
-  desc 'Create the database defined in config/database.yml for the current Rails.env - also makes test database if in development mode'
+  desc 'Create the database from config/database.yml for the current Rails.env (use db:create:all to create all dbs in the config)'
   task :create => :load_config do
     # Make the test database at the same time as the development one, if it exists
     if Rails.env.development? && ActiveRecord::Base.configurations['test']
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ namespace :db do
   end
 
   namespace :drop do
-    desc 'Drops all the local databases defined in config/database.yml'
+    # desc 'Drops all the local databases defined in config/database.yml'
     task :all => :load_config do
       ActiveRecord::Base.configurations.each_value do |config|
         # Skip entries that don't have a database key
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ namespace :db do
     end
   end
 
-  desc 'Drops the database for the current Rails.env'
+  desc 'Drops the database for the current Rails.env (use db:drop:all to drop all databases)'
   task :drop => :load_config do
     config = ActiveRecord::Base.configurations[Rails.env || 'development']
     begin
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ namespace :db do
   end
 
   namespace :migrate do
-    desc  'Rollbacks the database one migration and re migrate up (options: STEP=x, VERSION=x).'
+    # desc  'Rollbacks the database one migration and re migrate up (options: STEP=x, VERSION=x).'
     task :redo => :environment do
       if ENV["VERSION"]
         Rake::Task["db:migrate:down"].invoke
@@ -153,10 +153,10 @@ namespace :db do
       end
     end
 
-    desc 'Resets your database using your migrations for the current environment'
+    # desc 'Resets your database using your migrations for the current environment'
     task :reset => ["db:drop", "db:create", "db:migrate"]
 
-    desc 'Runs the "up" for a given migration VERSION.'
+    # desc 'Runs the "up" for a given migration VERSION.'
     task :up => :environment do
       version = ENV["VERSION"] ? ENV["VERSION"].to_i : nil
       raise "VERSION is required" unless version
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ namespace :db do
       Rake::Task["db:schema:dump"].invoke if ActiveRecord::Base.schema_format == :ruby
     end
 
-    desc 'Runs the "down" for a given migration VERSION.'
+    # desc 'Runs the "down" for a given migration VERSION.'
     task :down => :environment do
       version = ENV["VERSION"] ? ENV["VERSION"].to_i : nil
       raise "VERSION is required" unless version
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ namespace :db do
     Rake::Task["db:schema:dump"].invoke if ActiveRecord::Base.schema_format == :ruby
   end
 
-  desc 'Drops and recreates the database from db/schema.rb for the current environment and loads the seeds.'
+  # desc 'Drops and recreates the database from db/schema.rb for the current environment and loads the seeds.'
   task :reset => [ 'db:drop', 'db:setup' ]
 
   # desc "Retrieves the charset for the current environment's database"
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ namespace :db do
     end
   end
 
-  desc 'Create the database, load the schema, and initialize with the seed data'
+  desc 'Create the database, load the schema, and initialize with the seed data (use db:reset to also drop the db first)'
   task :setup => [ 'db:create', 'db:schema:load', 'db:seed' ]
 
   desc 'Load the seed data from db/seeds.rb'
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ namespace :db do
       end
     end
 
-    desc "Search for a fixture given a LABEL or ID. Specify an alternative path (eg. spec/fixtures) using FIXTURES_PATH=spec/fixtures."
+    # desc "Search for a fixture given a LABEL or ID. Specify an alternative path (eg. spec/fixtures) using FIXTURES_PATH=spec/fixtures."
     task :identify => :environment do
       require 'active_record/fixtures'
 
@@ -347,7 +347,7 @@ namespace :db do
   end
 
   namespace :test do
-    desc "Recreate the test database from the current schema.rb"
+    # desc "Recreate the test database from the current schema.rb"
     task :load => 'db:test:purge' do
       ActiveRecord::Base.establish_connection(ActiveRecord::Base.configurations['test'])
       ActiveRecord::Schema.verbose = false
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ namespace :db do
       end
     end
 
-    desc "Empty the test database"
+    # desc "Empty the test database"
     task :purge => :environment do
       abcs = ActiveRecord::Base.configurations
       case abcs["test"]["adapter"]

railties/lib/rails/tasks/documentation.rake

@@ -1,13 +1,43 @@
 require 'rake/rdoctask'
 
+# Monkey-patch to remove redoc'ing and clobber descriptions to cut down on rake -T noise
+class RDocTaskWithoutDescriptions < Rake::RDocTask
+  def define
+    task rdoc_task_name
+    
+    task rerdoc_task_name => [clobber_task_name, rdoc_task_name]
+    
+    task clobber_task_name do
+      rm_r rdoc_dir rescue nil
+    end
+    
+    task :clobber => [clobber_task_name]
+    
+    directory @rdoc_dir
+    task rdoc_task_name => [rdoc_target]
+    file rdoc_target => @rdoc_files + [Rake.application.rakefile] do
+      rm_r @rdoc_dir rescue nil
+      @before_running_rdoc.call if @before_running_rdoc
+      args = option_list + @rdoc_files
+      if @external
+        argstring = args.join(' ')
+        sh %{ruby -Ivendor vendor/rd #{argstring}}
+      else
+        require 'rdoc/rdoc'
+        RDoc::RDoc.new.document(args)
+      end
+    end
+    self
+  end
+end
+
 namespace :doc do
   def gem_path(gem_name)
     path = $LOAD_PATH.grep(/#{gem_name}[\w.-]*\/lib$/).first
     yield File.dirname(path) if path
   end
 
-  desc "Generate documentation for the application. Set custom template with TEMPLATE=/path/to/rdoc/template.rb or title with TITLE=\"Custom Title\""
+  RDocTaskWithoutDescriptions.new("app") { |rdoc|
-  Rake::RDocTask.new("app") { |rdoc|
     rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'doc/app'
     rdoc.template = ENV['template'] if ENV['template']
     rdoc.title    = ENV['title'] || "Rails Application Documentation"
@@ -17,9 +47,10 @@ namespace :doc do
     rdoc.rdoc_files.include('app/**/*.rb')
     rdoc.rdoc_files.include('lib/**/*.rb')
   }
+  Rake::Task['doc:app'].comment = "Generate docs for the app -- also availble doc:rails, doc:guides, doc:plugins (options: TEMPLATE=/rdoc-template.rb, TITLE=\"Custom Title\")"
 
-  desc 'Generate documentation for the Rails framework.'
+  # desc 'Generate documentation for the Rails framework.'
-  Rake::RDocTask.new("rails") { |rdoc|
+  RDocTaskWithoutDescriptions.new("rails") { |rdoc|
     rdoc.rdoc_dir = 'doc/api'
     rdoc.template = "#{ENV['template']}.rb" if ENV['template']
     rdoc.title    = "Rails Framework Documentation"
@@ -71,15 +102,15 @@ namespace :doc do
 
   plugins = FileList['vendor/plugins/**'].collect { |plugin| File.basename(plugin) }
 
-  desc "Generate documentation for all installed plugins"
+  # desc "Generate documentation for all installed plugins"
   task :plugins => plugins.collect { |plugin| "doc:plugins:#{plugin}" }
 
-  desc "Remove plugin documentation"
+  # desc "Remove plugin documentation"
   task :clobber_plugins do
     rm_rf 'doc/plugins' rescue nil
   end
 
-  desc "Generate Rails Guides"
+  # desc "Generate Rails Guides"
   task :guides do
     # FIXME: Reaching outside lib directory is a bad idea
     require File.expand_path('../../../../guides/rails_guides', __FILE__)
@@ -89,7 +120,7 @@ namespace :doc do
   namespace :plugins do
     # Define doc tasks for each plugin
     plugins.each do |plugin|
-      desc "Generate documentation for the #{plugin} plugin"
+      # desc "Generate documentation for the #{plugin} plugin"
       task(plugin => :environment) do
         plugin_base   = "vendor/plugins/#{plugin}"
         options       = []

railties/lib/rails/tasks/misc.rake

@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ task :rails_env do
   end
 end
 
-desc 'Generate a crytographically secure secret key (rhis is typically used to generate a secret for cookie sessions).'
+desc 'Generate a crytographically secure secret key (this is typically used to generate a secret for cookie sessions).'
 task :secret do
   require 'active_support/secure_random'
   puts ActiveSupport::SecureRandom.hex(64)
 end
 
-desc 'Explain the current environment'
+desc 'List versions of all Rails frameworks and the environment'
 task :about do
   puts Rails::Info
 end

railties/lib/rails/test_unit/testing.rake

@@ -1,5 +1,35 @@
 require 'rake/testtask'
 
+# Monkey-patch to silence the description from Rake::TestTask to cut down on rake -T noise
+class TestTaskWithoutDescription < Rake::TestTask
+  # Create the tasks defined by this task lib.
+  def define
+    lib_path = @libs.join(File::PATH_SEPARATOR)
+    task @name do
+      run_code = ''
+      RakeFileUtils.verbose(@verbose) do
+        run_code =
+          case @loader
+          when :direct
+            "-e 'ARGV.each{|f| load f}'"
+          when :testrb
+            "-S testrb #{fix}"
+          when :rake
+            rake_loader
+          end
+        @ruby_opts.unshift( "-I\"#{lib_path}\"" )
+        @ruby_opts.unshift( "-w" ) if @warning
+        ruby @ruby_opts.join(" ") +
+          " \"#{run_code}\" " +
+          file_list.collect { |fn| "\"#{fn}\"" }.join(' ') +
+          " #{option_list}"
+      end
+    end
+    self
+  end
+end
+
+
 TEST_CHANGES_SINCE = Time.now - 600
 
 # Look up tests for recently modified sources.
@@ -40,7 +70,7 @@ module Kernel
   end
 end
 
-desc 'Run all unit, functional and integration tests'
+desc 'Runs test:unit, test:functional, test:integration together (also available: test:benchmark, test:profile, test:plugins)'
 task :test do
   errors = %w(test:units test:functionals test:integration).collect do |task|
     begin
@@ -92,38 +122,33 @@ namespace :test do
   end
   Rake::Task['test:uncommitted'].comment = "Test changes since last checkin (only Subversion and Git)"
 
-  Rake::TestTask.new(:units => "test:prepare") do |t|
+  TestTaskWithoutDescription.new(:units => "test:prepare") do |t|
     t.libs << "test"
     t.pattern = 'test/unit/**/*_test.rb'
   end
-  Rake::Task['test:units'].comment = "Run the unit tests in test/unit"
 
-  Rake::TestTask.new(:functionals => "test:prepare") do |t|
+  TestTaskWithoutDescription.new(:functionals => "test:prepare") do |t|
     t.libs << "test"
     t.pattern = 'test/functional/**/*_test.rb'
   end
-  Rake::Task['test:functionals'].comment = "Run the functional tests in test/functional"
 
-  Rake::TestTask.new(:integration => "test:prepare") do |t|
+  TestTaskWithoutDescription.new(:integration => "test:prepare") do |t|
     t.libs << "test"
     t.pattern = 'test/integration/**/*_test.rb'
   end
-  Rake::Task['test:integration'].comment = "Run the integration tests in test/integration"
 
-  Rake::TestTask.new(:benchmark => 'test:prepare') do |t|
+  TestTaskWithoutDescription.new(:benchmark => 'test:prepare') do |t|
     t.libs << 'test'
     t.pattern = 'test/performance/**/*_test.rb'
     t.options = '-- --benchmark'
   end
-  Rake::Task['test:benchmark'].comment = 'Benchmark the performance tests'
 
-  Rake::TestTask.new(:profile => 'test:prepare') do |t|
+  TestTaskWithoutDescription.new(:profile => 'test:prepare') do |t|
     t.libs << 'test'
     t.pattern = 'test/performance/**/*_test.rb'
   end
-  Rake::Task['test:profile'].comment = 'Profile the performance tests'
 
-  Rake::TestTask.new(:plugins => :environment) do |t|
+  TestTaskWithoutDescription.new(:plugins => :environment) do |t|
     t.libs << "test"
 
     if ENV['PLUGIN']
@@ -132,5 +157,4 @@ namespace :test do
       t.pattern = 'vendor/plugins/*/**/test/**/*_test.rb'
     end
   end
-  Rake::Task['test:plugins'].comment = "Run the plugin tests in vendor/plugins/*/**/test (or specify with PLUGIN=name)"
 end