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Database migrations. CLI and Golang library.
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Database migrations. CLI and Golang library.
Database migrations written in Go. Use as CLI or import as library.
Forked from mattes/migrate
Database drivers run migrations. Add a new database?
Database connection strings are specified via URLs. The URL format is driver dependent but generally has the form: dbdriver://username:password@host:port/dbname?param1=true¶m2=false
Any reserved URL characters need to be escaped. Note, the % character also needs to be escaped
Explicitly, the following characters need to be escaped:
!, #, $, %, &, ', (, ), *, +, ,, /, :, ;, =, ?, @, [, ]
It's easiest to always run the URL parts of your DB connection URL (e.g. username, password, etc) through an URL encoder. See the example Python snippets below:
$ python3 -c 'import urllib.parse; print(urllib.parse.quote(input("String to encode: "), ""))' String to encode: FAKEpassword!#$%&'()*+,/:;=?@[] FAKEpassword%21%23%24%25%26%27%28%29%2A%2B%2C%2F%3A%3B%3D%3F%40%5B%5D $ python2 -c 'import urllib; print urllib.quote(raw_input("String to encode: "), "")' String to encode: FAKEpassword!#$%&'()*+,/:;=?@[] FAKEpassword%21%23%24%25%26%27%28%29%2A%2B%2C%2F%3A%3B%3D%3F%40%5B%5D $
Source drivers read migrations from local or remote sources. Add a new source?
CLI Documentation (includes CLI install instructions)
$ migrate -source file://path/to/migrations -database postgres://localhost:5432/database up 2
$ docker run -v {{ migration dir }}:/migrations --network host migrate/migrate
-path=/migrations/ -database postgres://localhost:5432/database up 2GracefulStop chan bool.io.Reader streams internally for low memory overhead.import ( "github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4" _ "github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4/database/postgres" _ "github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4/source/github" ) func main() { m, err := migrate.New( "github://mattes:personal-access-token@mattes/migrate_test", "postgres://localhost:5432/database?sslmode=enable") m.Steps(2) }
Want to use an existing database client?
import ( "database/sql" _ "github.com/lib/pq" "github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4" "github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4/database/postgres" _ "github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4/source/file" ) func main() { db, err := sql.Open("postgres", "postgres://localhost:5432/database?sslmode=enable") driver, err := postgres.WithInstance(db, &postgres.Config{}) m, err := migrate.NewWithDatabaseInstance( "file:///migrations", "postgres", driver) m.Up() // or m.Steps(2) if you want to explicitly set the number of migrations to run }
Go to getting started
(more tutorials to come)
Each migration has an up and down migration. Why?
1481574547_create_users_table.up.sql 1481574547_create_users_table.down.sql
Best practices: How to write migrations.
Check out migradaptor. Note: migradaptor is not affiliated or supported by this project
| Version | Supported? | Import | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| master | ✅ | import "github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4" |
New features and bug fixes arrive here first |
| v4 | ✅ | import "github.com/golang-migrate/migrate/v4" |
Used for stable releases |
| v3 | ❌ | import "github.com/golang-migrate/migrate" (with package manager) or import "gopkg.in/golang-migrate/migrate.v3" (not recommended) |
DO NOT USE - No longer supported |
Yes, please! Makefile is your friend,
read the development guide.
Also have a look at the FAQ.
Looking for alternatives? https://awesome-go.com/#database.