When building a new app, we like to keep all migrations in a single file called initial_migration.
The schema is going to change a lot in the early build out of the app, so instead of accumulating dozens of migration files, we just make edits to that initial migration and use migrate:fresh to rebuild.
Every little bit keeps those tests running faster.
Of course, once we go live, we go back to always writing a new migration file for schema changes. We're not monsters.
Here to help,
Joel
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