Welcome to Schema_to_md 👋

Generate beautiful markdown documentation for your PostgreSQL Database from schema.rb files.

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Install

git clone git@github.com:MatthewLaFalce/schema_to_md.git
export PATH=$PATH:~/Github/schema_to_md
# then follow Rails ERD installation below

Usage

# Run this command at the head of any Rails Web App
to_md

Rails ERD

# Requires download of Graphviz
brew install graphviz       # Homebrew on Mac OS X
sudo port install graphviz  # Macports on Mac OS X
sudo apt install graphviz   # Debian and Ubuntu

#put this in projects gem file

group :development do
  gem 'rails-erd'
end

# Then run
bundle install

# Generate simple erd
rake erd filetype='png' notation=bachman filename='erd_simple'

# Generate complex erd
rake erd polymorphism=true filetype='png' notation=bachman filename='erd_complex'

# Most Useful
bundle exec rake erd polymorphism=true filetype='png' notation=bachman filename='erd' exclude='ApplicationRecord,Record,Searchable,PgSearch::Document,ActiveStorage::Attachment,ActiveStorage::Blob'

Automated Rails ERD Setup

# Put this in your projects .erdconfig file
#!/bin/yml

filename: 'erd'
filetype: 'png'
notation: 'bachman'
polymorphism: true
title: 'Docupiler ER Diagram'
exclude: 'ApplicationRecord,Record,Searchable,PgSearch::Document,ActiveStorage::Attachment,ActiveStorage::Blob,ActiveRecord::InternalMetadata,ActiveRecord::SchemaMigration'

# Put this in your projects Gemfile
group :development do
  gem 'rails-erd'
end

# Put this in your project Rakefile if you uses :sql for your schema format
Rake::Task["db:migrate"].enhance do
  if ActiveRecord::Base.schema_format == :sql
    Rake::Task["db:schema:dump"].invoke
  end
end

# Run this to install the Gem to your project
bundle install

# Run this to set up the Rake task to work with db:migrate
bundle exec rails g erd:install

# To generate your new diagram just run
bundle exec rails db:migrate

Author

👤 Matthew LaFalce

• Github: @MatthewLaFalce

Contributing

Contributions, issues and feature requests are welcome!
Feel free to check issues page.

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License

Copyright © 2019 Matthew LaFalce.
This project is MIT licensed.