database: Database URL.
Set through DB_HOST environment variable or by using command flag --database.
driver: Driver name.
Defaults to postgres.
Set through command flag --driver.
dir: Migrations directory.
Set through command flag --dir.

Optional flags

verbose: Prints info logs. Mutually exclusive with silent.
silent: Only prints critical logs. Mutually exclusive with verbose.

Execute migrations

Requires: database, dir, driver
Execute migrations by running

./bin/mgr8 apply <up|down> <number_of_migrations>

number_of_migrations: Number of migrations to run (Optional). If not specified, runs only one.

Generate migrations

Mgr8 keeps a copy of the latest schema at .mgr8/reference.sql. Copy the first schema version to this location, or simply run ./bin/mgr8 generate init <schemafile> which will do the same.

Then run ./bin/mgr8 generate diff <schemafile> to generate migrations with respect to the reference file. This will also update the reference.

When committing to a repository, check if the reference and the latest schema match. The command ./bin/mgr8 generate check <schemafile> can be used, as it returns 0 if the files match.

To generate an empty migration (e.g. for DML), use ./bin/mgr8 generate empty.

Run with docker

Pull latest image with docker pull migratemgr8/mgr8:latest or build it yourself with make build-docker-image.

Run commands:

docker run -v {{ migrations path }}:/migrations --network host -e RUN_WITH_DOCKER=true -e MGR8_USERNAME={{ logs username }} -e DB_HOST={{ database connection string }} migratemgr8/mgr8 <command>

Make sure to replace the variables surrounded by double curly braces.

Develop

Requirements

Run make install-tools to install tooling dependencies.

Run a database container

Run a testing database with

docker compose up [-d] <database_name>

Available databases: postgres, mysql

Passing the -d flag is optional and will run the container in detached mode, it won't block the terminal but you won't see database logs nor be able to close the container by using ctrl+c.

Point to database by setting env DB_HOST.
For postgres use DB_HOST=postgres://root:root@localhost:5432/database_name?sslmode=disable

Testing

Use make mock to generate necessary mocks.

Use make test, make display-coverage and make coverage-report.

To add a new mock, add new lines to the mock command in the Makefile.

Snippets

Executing migrations with postgres driver

# CLI version
./bin/mgr8 apply up --database=postgres://root:root@localhost:5432/core?sslmode=disable --dir=./migrations
# Docker version
docker run -v $PWD/migrations:/migrations -e DB_HOST=postgres://root:root@localhost:5432/core?sslmode=disable --network host -e MGR8_USERNAME=username migratemgr8/mgr8 apply up

Executing migrations with mysql driver

# CLI version
./bin/mgr8 apply up --database=root:root@tcp\(localhost:3306\)/core --dir=./migrations --driver=mysql
# Docker version
docker run -v $PWD/migrations:/migrations -e DB_HOST=postgres://root:root@localhost:5432/core?sslmode=disable --network host -e MGR8_USERNAME=username migratemgr8/mgr8 apply up --driver=mysql