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Asked: 2026-06-09T01:56:39+00:00

It’s not a huge burden but I would really like to be able to

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It’s not a huge burden but I would really like to be able to change the default gem-set on my rails apps when I create them so that they’re ready for Heroku.

What is the best way to go about doing this?

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    You can specify the database with -d when running rails new:

    Usage:
  rails new APP_PATH [options]

Options:
  -d, [--database=DATABASE]   # Preconfigure for selected database (options: mysql/oracle/postgresql/sqlite3/frontbase/ibm_db/sqlserver/jdbcmysql/jdbcsqlite3/jdbcpostgresql/jdbc)
                              # Default: sqlite3

Description:
    You can specify extra command-line arguments to be used every time
    'rails new' runs in the .railsrc configuration file in your home directory.

    So for PostgreSQL this is:

    rails new myapp -d postgresql

    To make this the default put -d postgresql into ~/.railsrc

    Another option is to change gem 'sqlite3' to gem 'pg' in your Gemfile as suggested in Getting Started with Rails 3.x on Heroku.

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