goerd

This is a New Era of migrations PostgreSQL databases with Golang.

We no longer want to ensure the database schema with incremental patches. Shema MUST match what the app wants! It doesn't matter what was in the database before that.

It could be empty, it could contain some data in any of its previous versions. It doesn't matter anymore. It is important that we carefully transform it into the target state. We will no longer be guessing about the target state of the database by patchset. This is a thing of the past.

This tool allows you to turn schemas into instructions for the database, including migrations between schemas. Create easy-to-read data models as contracts for agreement between architects, development teams, and team leaders. This tool provides agility to change the huge data-layered models.

API

Use as library: Productive usage example

Install schema tool

go install github.com/covrom/goerd/cmd/goerd@latest

Features

Generate yaml short schema description from database
Generate plantuml view of schema
Create posgresql migrations as a set of SQL queries that apply changes between two schemas, a schema and a database, or two databases using a schema definition that is stored in a yaml or plantuml file.

Migration of the following objects is currently supported:

Tables
Columns
Indexes
Constraints and Foreign Keys
Views

This set covers 99% of PostgreSQL usecases in Golang services.

Example of generated plantuml:

Tool usage

Save database schema to yaml schema or PlantUML:

goerd -from "postgres://username:password@url:port/dbName" -to ./schema1.yaml

goerd -from "postgres://username:password@url:port/dbName" -to ./schema1.puml

Print SQL queries migration between two schemas, dropping queries is commented out:

goerd -from schema1.yml -to schema2.yaml

goerd -from schema1.yml -to "postgres://username:password@url:port/dbName"

With dropping queries:

goerd -drop -from schema1.yml -to schema2.yml

goerd -drop -from schema1.yml -to "postgres://username:password@url:port/dbName"

Save PlantUML from schema:

goerd -from schema1.yml -to schema1.puml

goerd -from "postgres://username:password@url:port/dbName" -to schema1.puml

Apply schema from yaml to database:

goerd -c apply -from schema1.yml -to "postgres://username:password@url:port/dbName"

Apply schema from DB1 to DB2:

goerd -c apply -from "postgres://username:password@url:port/DB1" -to "postgres://username:password@url:port/DB2"

Docs

Docs.

testing and examples

docker-compose up and see ./output/schema.yaml