diff --git a/db/migrate/20150902120006_remove_parent_id_from_comments.rb b/db/migrate/20150902120006_remove_parent_id_from_comments.rb
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+++ b/db/migrate/20150902120006_remove_parent_id_from_comments.rb
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+class RemoveParentIdFromComments < ActiveRecord::Migration
+  def change
+    Comment.build_ancestry_from_parent_ids! rescue nil
+
+    remove_column :comments, :parent_id, :integer
+    remove_column :comments, :lft, :integer
+    remove_column :comments, :rgt, :integer
+  end
+end