migrateit 0.6.2

Handle database migrations with ease managing your database changes with simple SQL files.

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Handle database migrations with ease managing your database changes with simple SQL files. Make the migration process easier, more manageable and repeteable.

How does this work

Installation

pip install migrateit

Configuration

Configurations can be changed as environment variables.

# basic configuration
MIGRATEIT_MIGRATIONS_TABLE=MIGRATEIT_CHANGELOG
MIGRATEIT_MIGRATIONS_DIR=migrateit

# change the database connection variables
VARNAME_DB_URL=DB_URL
VARNAME_DB_HOST=DB_HOST
VARNAME_DB_PORT=DB_PORT
VARNAME_DB_USER=DB_USER
VARNAME_DB_PASS=DB_PASS
VARNAME_DB_NAME=DB_NAME


# database configuration
DB_URL=postgresql://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432/postgres
# -------- or ----------
DB_HOST=localhost
DB_PORT=5432
DB_NAME=postgres
DB_USER=postgres
DB_PASS=postgres

Usage

# initialize MigrateIt to create:
# - 'migrations' directory inside the MIGRATIONS_DIR
# - 'changelog.json' file inside the MIGRATIONS_DIR
# - first migration file with the migrateit table creation and rollback
migrateit init postgres

# create a new migration file
migrateit new first_migration

# add your sql commands to the migration file
echo "CREATE TABLE test (id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY, name VARCHAR(50));" > migrateit/migrations/0000_first_migration.sql

# show pending migrations
migrateit show
migrateit show -l

# run the migrations
migrateit migrate

# or run a given migration
migrateit migrate 0000

# rollback a migration
migrateit rollback 0000

Example

-- Migration 0000_user.sql
-- Created on 2025-05-15T19:55:18.711752

CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS users (
	id SERIAL PRIMARY KEY,
	email TEXT NOT NULL UNIQUE,
	given_name TEXT,
	family_name TEXT,
	picture TEXT,
	created_at TIMESTAMP DEFAULT CURRENT_TIMESTAMP
);

-- Rollback migration

DROP TABLE IF EXISTS users;

Help

usage: migrateit new [-h] [-d [DEPENDECIES ...]] [--no-edit] [name]

positional arguments:
  name                  Name of the new migration

options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -d, --dependecies [DEPENDECIES ...]
                        List of migration names that this migration depends on.
  --no-edit             Avoid opening the migration file in an editor after creation.

usage: migrateit migrate [-h] [--fake] [--update-hash] [name]

positional arguments:
  name           Name of the migration to run

options:
  -h, --help     show this help message and exit
  --fake         Fakes the migration marking it as ran.
  --update-hash  Update the hash of the migration.

usage: migrateit show [-h] [-l] [--validate-sql]

options:
  -h, --help      show this help message and exit
  -l, --list      Display migrations in a list format.
  --validate-sql  Validate SQL migration sintax.

usage: migrateit squash [-h] [-n NAME] start_migration [end_migration]

positional arguments:
  start_migration  Name of the first migration to squash from (inclusive).
  end_migration    Name of the last migration to squash to (inclusive). If not provided, the last migration is used.

options:
  -h, --help       show this help message and exit
  -n, --name NAME  Name of the new squashed migration file. If not provided, a default name will be generated.