Railsers:
We TDD by using a command, like autotest, which triggers a test run each time we save our documents. This provides perfect test-driven development; we make the smallest testable change possible, predict the results, hit <F5> to save the change, and watch the test transcript.
However, test:recent runs our database outside its performance envelop. Our database thinks that setting up a new schema is a rare event. So the db:test:prepare command sometimes takes longer than the actual test run! That, in turn, slows down our TDD cycle, by making us hesitate to hit <F5>.
What's a clean and productized way to knock db:test:prepare, and its ilk, out of test:recent, while keeping it in the raw 'rake test' command?