Using Git to track mysql schema - some questions

Question

If this is recommended ?

Can I ask some git command examples about how to track versions of mysql schema?

Should we use another repository other then the on

Answer 1

(shameless plug)

The dbvc commandline tool allows you to manage your database schema updates in your repository.

It creates and uses a table _dbvc in the database which holds a list of the updates that are run. You can easily run the updates that haven't been apply to your database schema yet.

The tool uses git to determine the correct order of executing the updates.

DBVC usage

Show a list of commands

dbvc help

Show help on a specific command

dbvc help init

Initialise DBVC for an existing database.

dbvc init

Create a database dump. This is used to create the DB on a new environment.

mysqldump foobar > dev/schema.php

Create the DB using the schema.

dbvc create

Add an update file. These are used to update the DB on other environments.

echo 'ALTER TABLE `foo` ADD COLUMN `status` BOOL DEFAULT 1;' > dev/updates/add-status-to-foo.sql

Mark an update as already run.

dbvc mark add-status-to-foo

Show a list of updates that need to be run.

dbvc status

Show all updates with their status.

dbvc status --all

Update the database.

dbvc update