ALLOWED_DUPLICATES = [20180410220657, 20180831171112].freeze module ActiveRecord class Migrator old_initialize = instance_method(:initialize) define_method(:initialize) do |direction, migrations, target_version| migrated = Set.new(Base.connection.migration_context.get_all_versions) migrations.group_by(&:name).each do |name, duplicates| if duplicates.length > 1 && duplicates.all? { |m| ALLOWED_DUPLICATES.include?(m.version) } # We have a set of allowed duplicates. Keep the migrated one, if any. non_migrated = duplicates.reject { |m| migrated.include?(m.version.to_i) } if duplicates.length == non_migrated.length # There weren't any migrated one, so we have to pick one “canonical” migration migrations = migrations - duplicates[1..-1] else # Just reject every duplicate which hasn't been migrated yet migrations = migrations - non_migrated end end end old_initialize.bind(self).(direction, migrations, target_version) end end end