Sqitch

sqitch

Name

sqitch - Sensible database change management

Synopsis

sqitch <command> [options] [command-options] [args]

Description

Sqitch is a database change management application. It currently supports:

What makes it different from your typical migration-style approaches? A few things:

Ready to get started? Here’s where:

Terminology

Options

-C --chdir --cd DIR       Change to directory before performing any actions.
   --etc-path             Print path to etc directory and exit.
   --no-pager             Do not pipe output into a pager.
   --quiet                Quiet mode with non-error output suppressed.
-V --verbose              Increment verbosity.
   --version              Print version number and exit.
   --help                 Show a list of commands and exit.
   --man                  Print introductory documentation and exit.

Options Details

Sqitch Commands

Configuration

Sqitch configuration can be set up on a project, user, or system-wide basis. The format of the configuration file, named sqitch.conf, is the same as for git.

Here’s an example of a configuration file that might be useful checked into a VCS for a project that deploys to PostgreSQL and stores its deployment scripts with the extension ddl under the migrations directory. It also wants bundle to be created in the _build/sql directory, and to deploy starting with the “gamma” tag:

[core]
    engine    = pg
    top_dir   = migrations
    extension = ddl

[engine "pg"]
    target    = widgetopolis

[revert]
    to        = gamma

[bundle]
    from      = gamma
    tags_only = yes
    dest_dir  = _build/sql

[target "widgetopolis"]
    uri       = db:pg:widgetopolis

And here’s an example of useful configuration in ~/.sqitch/sqitch.conf, to point to system-specific engine information:

[user]
    name      = Marge N. O’Vera
    email     = marge@example.com

[engine "pg"]
    client    = /usr/local/pgsql/bin/psql

[engine "mysql"]
    client    = /usr/local/mysql/bin/mysql

[engine "oracle"]
    client    = /usr/local/instantclient_11_2/sqlplus

[engine "sqlite"]
    client    = /usr/local/bin/sqlite3

Various commands read from the configuration file and adjust their operation accordingly. See sqitch-config for a list.

See Also

The original design for Sqitch was sketched out in a number of blog posts:

Other tools that do database change management include:

Author

David E. Wheeler david@justatheory.com

License

Copyright (c) 2012-2024 iovation Inc., David E. Wheeler

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