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" reproducible processes should be preferred over manual processes." I liked that one. For the first time can't someone use the dump file of the database ? I mean that even if you have a dump file or a sequence of migration commands imbedded in a script, it will still make the process of installation automatic. So why use migration over just a simple dump file?

themhz
– themhz

2021-08-25 08:45:49 +00:00
Commented Aug 25, 2021 at 8:45
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Using a dump file is indeed also a reproducible way of initializing the database, but depending on the dump file format (binary?) it might not mix well with source code version control. It also introduces a difference between the initial schema definition and later schema definition updates, with may not be a real problem but has a slight smell :-)

Hans-Martin Mosner
– Hans-Martin Mosner

2021-08-25 09:29:23 +00:00
Commented Aug 25, 2021 at 9:29

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