Insert an additional, separate set of fixtures from db/seeds

gistfile1.rb

desc "Insert an additional, separate set of fixtures from db/seeds"
task :seed_fixtures => :environment do
  require 'active_record/fixtures'

  files = "#{Rails.root}/db/seeds/*.yml"
  connection = ActiveRecord::Base.connection

  fixtures = Dir[files].collect do |file|
    extname    = File.extname(file)
    name       = File.basename(file).chomp(extname)
    class_name = name.classify
    path       = file.chomp(extname)

    ActiveRecord::FixtureSet.new(connection, name, class_name, path)
  end

  connection.transaction do
    fixtures.each do |file|
      file.table_rows.each do |name, rows|
        rows.each do |row|
          connection.insert_fixture(row, name)
        end
      end
    end
  end
end