How can I disable code first migrations

Question

I have a code-first entity model in EF5. But I want to manage the database changes manually -- I do not want EF to modify my existing database and all its data. But when I m

Answer 1

If you want to completely turn off migrations:

https://stackoverflow.com/a/9709407/141172

However, I found it better to keep code first migrations enabled, but use the -Script option to have EF create a DB change script for me that I can apply to each database (development, QA, Production) manually:

Update-Database -Script -ProjectName MyProject -StartupProjectName MyProject

That way EF will create the change script for me, and I still have full control over changes being applied. I version the change scripts like any other source code.