Name
sqitch-rework - Rework a database change
Synopsis
sqitch rework [options] [<dependency-options>] name
Description
This command allows for the reworking of an existing database change. It is best used only under the following circumstances:
- There are production deployments, so that you cannot revert to before the change, modify it, and then re-deploy. Just reverting, modifying, and re-deploying is the thing to do while developing the database, but once it has been released and deployed to production, you must not change previous change scripts.
- The modifications will be idempotent. In other words, either the earlier instance of the change or the new, reworked instance can be run any number of times, and the outcome of each will be the same. They must not break each other in case one needs to deploy and revert changes.
- A tag must have been applied to the plan since the previous instance of the change. This is required so that Sqitch can disambiguate the two instances of the change. It’s a good idea to always tag a release anyway. If you haven’t, see sqitch-tag.
If all of these hold, then feel free to rework an existing change.
In effect, reworking a change is similar to adding one. However,
rather than writing new files for the change, the rework
command copies the
files for the existing change. The new files are named with the tag that comes
between the changes, and serves as the file for the original change. This
leaves you free to edit the existing files.
By default, the rework
command will rework the change in the default plan
and the scripts to any top directories for that plan, as defined by the core
configuration and command-line options. This works well for projects in which
there is a single plan with separate top directories for each engine, for
example. Pass the --all
option to have it iterate over all known plans and
top directories (as specified for engines and targets) and rework the change
to them all. Of course, the a change by that name must exist in all the plans
of the reworking will fail.
To specify which plans to in which to rework the change, pass the target,
engine, or plan file names to tag as arguments. Use --change
to
disambiguate the and change name from the other parameters if necessary (or
preferable). See “Examples” for examples.
Options
-
-c
-
--change
-
--change-name
The name of the change to rework. The name can be specified with or without this option, but the option can be useful for disambiguating the change name from other arguments.
-
-r
-
--requires
Name of a change that is required by the new change. May be specified multiple times. See sqitchchanges for the various ways in which changes can be specified.
-
-x
-
--conflicts
Name of a change that conflicts with the new change. May be specified multiple times. See sqitchchanges for the various ways in which changes can be specified.
-
-a
-
--all
Rework the change in all plans in the project. Cannot be mixed with target, engine, or plan file name arguments; doing so will result in an error. Useful for multi-plan projects in which changes should be kept in sync. Overrides the value of the
add.all
configuration; use--no-all
to override a trueadd.all
configuration. -
-n
-
--note
A brief note describing the purpose of the reworking. The note will be attached to the change as a comment. Multiple invocations will be concatenated together as separate paragraphs.
For you Git folks out there,
-m
also works. -
-e
-
--edit
-
--open-editor
Open the generated change scripts in an editor.
-
--no-edit
-
--no-open-editor
Do not open the change scripts in an editor. Useful when
rework.open_editor
is true. -
--plan-file
-
-f
Path to the deployment plan file. Overrides target, engine, and core configuration values. Defaults to
$top_dir/sqitch.plan
.
Examples
Rework a change in a project and be prompted for a note.
sqitch rework widgets
Rework a change and specify the note.
sqitch rework sprockets --note 'Reworks the sprockets view.'
Rework a change that requires the users
change from earlier in the plan.
sqitch rework contacts --requires users -n 'Reworks the contacts view.'
Rework a change that requires multiple changes, including the change named
extract
from a completely different Sqitch project named utilities
:
sqitch rework coffee -r users -r utilities:extract -n 'Mmmmm...coffee!'
Rework a change only to the plan used by the vertica
engine in a project:
sqitch rework --change logs vertica -n 'Reworks the logs view in Vertica.'
Rework a change in two plans in a project, and generate the scripts only for those plans:
sqitch rework -a coolfunctions sqlite.plan pg.plan -n 'Reworks functions.'
Configuration Variables
-
rework.all
Rework the change to all the plans in the project. Useful for multi-plan projects in which changes should be kept in sync. May be overridden by
--all
,--no-all
, or target, engine, and plan file name arguments. -
rework.open_editor
Boolean indicating if the rework command should spawn an editor after generating change scripts. When true, equivalent to passing
--edit
. Defaults off.
Sqitch
Part of the sqitch suite.