Abstract migration framework for node

$ npm install migrate

Usage: migrate [options] [command]

Options:

   -c, --chdir <path>      change the working directory
   --state-file <path>     set path to state file (migrations/.migrate)
   --template-file <path>  set path to template file to use for new migrations

Commands:

   down             migrate down
   up               migrate up (the default command)
   create [title]   create a new migration file with optional [title]

var migrate = require('migrate');
var set = migrate.load('migration/.migrate', 'migration');

set.up(function (err) {
  if (err) throw err;

  console.log('Migration completed');
});

To create a migration, execute migrate create with an optional title. node-migrate will create a node module within ./migrations/ which contains the following two exports:

exports.up = function(next){
  next();
};

exports.down = function(next){
  next();
};

All you have to do is populate these, invoking next() when complete, and you are ready to migrate!

For example:

$ migrate create add-pets
$ migrate create add-owners

The first call creates ./migrations/{timestamp in milliseconds}-add-pets.js, which we can populate:

  var db = require('./db');

  exports.up = function(next){
    db.rpush('pets', 'tobi');
    db.rpush('pets', 'loki');
    db.rpush('pets', 'jane', next);
  };

  exports.down = function(next){
    db.rpop('pets');
    db.rpop('pets');
    db.rpop('pets', next);
  };

The second creates ./migrations/{timestamp in milliseconds}-add-owners.js, which we can populate:

  var db = require('./db');

  exports.up = function(next){
    db.rpush('owners', 'taylor');
    db.rpush('owners', 'tj', next);
  };

  exports.down = function(next){
    db.rpop('owners');
    db.rpop('owners', next);
  };

When first running the migrations, all will be executed in sequence.

$ migrate
up : migrations/1316027432511-add-pets.js
up : migrations/1316027432512-add-jane.js
up : migrations/1316027432575-add-owners.js
up : migrations/1316027433425-coolest-pet.js
migration : complete

Subsequent attempts will simply output "complete", as they have already been executed in this machine. node-migrate knows this because it stores the current state in ./migrations/.migrate which is typically a file that SCMs like GIT should ignore.

$ migrate
migration : complete

If we were to create another migration using migrate create, and then execute migrations again, we would execute only those not previously executed:

$ migrate
up : migrates/1316027433455-coolest-owner.js

You can also run migrations incrementally by specifying a migration.

$ migrate up 1316027433425-coolest-pet.js
up : migrations/1316027432511-add-pets.js
up : migrations/1316027432512-add-jane.js
up : migrations/1316027432575-add-owners.js
up : migrations/1316027433425-coolest-pet.js
migration : complete

This will run up-migrations upto (and including) 1316027433425-coolest-pet.js. Similarly you can run down-migrations upto (and including) a specific migration, instead of migrating all the way down.

$ migrate down 1316027432512-add-jane.js
down : migrations/1316027432575-add-owners.js
down : migrations/1316027432512-add-jane.js
migration : complete

Returns a Set populated with migration scripts from the migrationsDirectory and state loaded from stateFile.

Migrates up to the specified migration or, if none is specified, to the latest migration. Calls the callback cb, possibly with an error err, when done.

Migrates down to the specified migration or, if none is specified, to the first migration. Calls the callback cb, possibly with an error err, when done.

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Copyright (c) 2011 TJ Holowaychuk <tj@vision-media.ca>

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