DB Schema and Migration
To create or alter tables in the database, it's necessary to change a couple of files, apart from configuring the settings pointing to the latest database schema.
Database Model and ORM
On rhodecode.model.db you will find the database definition of all tables and fields. Any freshly installed database will be correctly created by the definitions here. So, any change to this file will affect the tests without having to change any other file.
A second layer are the business classes inside rhodecode.model.
Database Migration
Three files play a role when creating database migrations:
- Database schema inside rhodecode.lib.dbmigrate
- Database version inside rhodecode.lib.dbmigrate
- Configuration __dbversion__ at rhodecode.__init__
Schema is a snapshot of the database version BEFORE the migration. So, it's the initial state before any changes were added. The name convention is the latest release version where the snapshot was created, and not the target version of this code.
Version is the method that will define how to UPGRADE/DOWNGRADE the database.
rhodecode.__init__ contains only a variable that defines up to which version of the database will be used to upgrade. Eg.: __dbversion__ = 45
For examples on how to create those files, please see the existing code.
Migration Command
After you've changed the database ORM and migration files, you can run:
paster upgrade-db <ini-file>
The database will be upgraded up to the version defined in the __init__ file.