migrate
Database migrations written in Go. Use as CLI or import as library.
- Migrate reads migrations from sources
and applies them in correct order to a database.
- Drivers are "dumb", migrate glues everything together and makes sure the logic is bulletproof.
(Keeps the drivers lightweight, too.)
- Database drivers don't assume things or try to correct user input. When in doubt, fail.
Forked from mattes/migrate
Databases
Database drivers run migrations. Add a new database?
Database URLs
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
$
Migration Sources
Source drivers read migrations from local or remote sources. Add a new source?
CLI usage
- Simple wrapper around this library.
- Handles ctrl+c (SIGINT) gracefully.
- No config search paths, no config files, no magic ENV var injections.
CLI Documentation
Basic usage
$ migrate -source file://path/to/migrations -database postgres://localhost:5432/database up 2
Docker usage
$ docker run -v {{ migration dir }}:/migrations --network host migrate/migrate
-path=/migrations/ -database postgres://localhost:5432/database up 2
Use in your Go project
- API is stable and frozen for this release (v3 & v4).
- Uses Go modules to manage dependencies.
- To help prevent database corruptions, it supports graceful stops via
GracefulStop chan bool
.
- Bring your own logger.
- Uses
io.Reader
streams internally for low memory overhead.
- Thread-safe and no goroutine leaks.
Go Documentation
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.Step(2) if you want to explicitly set the number of migrations to run
}
Getting started
Go to getting started
Tutorials
(more tutorials to come)
Migration files
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.
Versions
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 |
Development and Contributing
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.