T0t0mbstone·Mar 16, 2021
I have yet to see a database migration system as elegant and easy to use as the one that comes with Rails.
Check out:
https://github.com/thuss/standalone-migrations
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thuss / standalone-migrations
standalone-migrations
A gem to use Rails Database Migrations in non Rails projects
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| 2012 | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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7 sourcesA gem to use Rails Database Migrations in non Rails projects
1 points · Open discussionRuby on Rails migrations do best for me for over decade. If you don't work with RoR project then you can also try https://github.com/thuss/standalone-migrations which is "Rails migrations in non-Rails (and non Ruby) project".
In Ask HN: How do you do database version control, deployments, etc?> I suspect that you learned a lot from Rails, though. For example, your applications probably have a thought-out directory structure [..]
Absolutely, not saying my experience doesn't translate. However directory structure doesn't exist like you think in go. Files are the primary organization, and the only thing that goes in subfolders are different packages. It's actually quite nice, now I don't need to dig into 4-6 folders to get to the important stuff like I did in my Java/RoR days.
> The "just use standard library" argument often seems a bit deceptive to me, though.
It is absolutely a mantra in the go community. No deception here.
> For example, how are you managing schema updates?
Use your favorite tool! So funny you mention, I have a RoR background and I loved active-record migration, so I use standalone active record migration http
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s://github.com/thuss/standalone-migrations, but you can just as easily use any other schema migration tool like Liquibase.
But what I am learning more and more these days is to just write sql. Write your migrations in plain sql. It's always easier for everyone involved. SQL is a ubiquitous language.
I've used https://github.com/thuss/standalone-migrations with success before. It's the rails migration system as a standalone gem.
In Sqitch - Sane database change managementSo, how would I correlate a specific commit in Git to a version on DevJoist?
Until then I'll just use https://github.com/thuss/standalone-migrations with my non-Rails projects.
In Show HN: DevJoist, database versioning done rightStandalone-migrations (gem to use Rails migrations outside Rails)
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