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https://github.com/theodorton/veksel
Database branching for Rails
https://github.com/theodorton/veksel
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Database branching for Rails
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/theodorton/veksel
- Owner: theodorton
- License: mit
- Created: 2024-02-25T08:11:09.000Z (10 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2024-03-25T06:17:09.000Z (9 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-04-25T18:41:42.435Z (8 months ago)
- Topics: development-tools, neon, pg, postgresql, rails
- Language: Ruby
- Homepage:
- Size: 52.7 KB
- Stars: 2
- Watchers: 1
- Forks: 1
- Open Issues: 4
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
- License: LICENSE.md
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# Veksel: Database branching for Rails
Veksel keeps seperate databases for every branch in your development environment. This makes it easy to experiment with schema changes and data with less risk and avoid conflicting changes to `schema.rb` when branches have different sets of migrations. The inspiration for the gem came from [branch support in Neon](https://neon.tech/docs/manage/branches).
Postgresql is currently the only supported database driver.
## Usage
Out of the box, Veksel requires explicit invocation to work. Refer to [Git hook](#git-hook) below if you're interested in a more automated approach.
Checkout a new branch and run `bundle exec veksel fork`. A new database with a suffix matching your branch name will be created and `tmp/restart.txt` will be touched so your application servers restart. Both database structure and contents will be copied from your primary development database and Veksel will tell Rails on boot that the forked database should be used.
When moving back to your `main` branch, run `touch tmp/restart.txt` to make Rails connect to default development database.
### Veksel tasks
The CLI supports the following commands
```
veksel fork Create a forked database
veksel clean Delete forked databases
veksel fork Fork the database from the main branch
veksel list List forked databases
```
You can also run the commands as rake tasks (e.g. `bin/rails veksel:list`), albeit with a penalty hit.
## Git hook
Add the following to `.git/hooks/post-checkout` to automatically fork your database when checking out a branch:
```
#!/bin/sh
bundle exec veksel fork
```
## Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
```ruby
gem "veksel", group: :development
```
And then execute:
```bash
$ bundle
```
Or install it yourself as:
```bash
$ gem install veksel
```
## Roadmap
- Promote a forked database to main
- Explicit/optional branching
- Other database drivers
## Release process
```shell
# Bump version number in lib/veksel/version.rb
# Update lockfile
bundle install
# Update changelog, review manually before committing
conventional-changelog -p conventionalcommits -i CHANGELOG.md -s
git commit -m 'chore(release): x.y.z'
git push origin
git tag vx.y.z
git push origin vx.y.z
# Build and push gem
gem build
gem push veksel-x.y.z.gem
# Upload the veksel-x-y-z.gem file to the Github release page
```
## Sponsors
Veksel is sponsored by [Skalar](https://github.com/Skalar)
## License
Veksel is licensed under MIT.