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# Migrations
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## Migration Filename Format
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A single logical migration is represented as two separate migration files, one
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to migrate "up" to the specified version from the previous version, and a second
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to migrate back "down" to the previous version. These migrations can be provided
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by any one of the supported [migration sources](./README.md#migration-sources).
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The ordering and direction of the migration files is determined by the filenames
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used for them. `migrate` expects the filenames of migrations to have the format:
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{version}_{title}.up.{extension}
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{version}_{title}.down.{extension}
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The `title` of each migration is unused, and is only for readability. Similarly,
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the `extension` of the migration files is not checked by the library, and should
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be an appropriate format for the database in use (`.sql` for SQL variants, for
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instance).
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Versions of migrations may be represented as any 64 bit unsigned integer.
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All migrations are applied upward in order of increasing version number, and
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downward by decreasing version number.
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Common versioning schemes include incrementing integers:
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1_initialize_schema.down.sql
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1_initialize_schema.up.sql
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2_add_table.down.sql
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2_add_table.up.sql
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...
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Or timestamps at an appropriate resolution:
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1500360784_initialize_schema.down.sql
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1500360784_initialize_schema.up.sql
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1500445949_add_table.down.sql
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1500445949_add_table.up.sql
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...
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But any scheme resulting in distinct, incrementing integers as versions is valid.
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It is suggested that the version number of corresponding `up` and `down` migration
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files be equivalent for clarity, but they are allowed to differ so long as the
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relative ordering of the migrations is preserved.
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The migration files are permitted to be empty, so in the event that a migration
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is a no-op or is irreversible, it is recommended to still include both migration
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files, and either leaving them empty or adding a comment as appropriate.
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## Migration Content Format
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The format of the migration files themselves varies between database systems.
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Different databases have different semantics around schema changes and when and
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how they are allowed to occur
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(for instance, [if schema changes can occur within a transaction](https://wiki.postgresql.org/wiki/Transactional_DDL_in_PostgreSQL:_A_Competitive_Analysis)).
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As such, the `migrate` library has little to no checking around the format of
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migration sources. The migration files are generally processed directly by the
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drivers as raw operations.
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## Reversibility of Migrations
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Best practice for writing schema migration is that all migrations should be
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reversible. It should in theory be possible for run migrations down and back up
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through any and all versions with the state being fully cleaned and recreated
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by doing so.
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By adhering to this recommended practice, development and deployment of new code
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is cleaner and easier (cleaning database state for a new feature should be as
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easy as migrating down to a prior version, and back up to the latest).
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As opposed to some other migration libraries, `migrate` represents up and down
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migrations as separate files. This prevents any non-standard file syntax from
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being introduced which may result in unintended behavior or errors, depending
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on what database is processing the file.
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While it is technically possible for an up or down migration to exist on its own
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without an equivalently versioned counterpart, it is strongly recommended to
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always include a down migration which cleans up the state of the corresponding
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up migration.
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