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@@ -34,6 +34,15 @@ First, you need to provide information on whether the migration can be applied:
3. online with errors on new instances while migrating
4. offline (needs to happen without app servers to prevent db corruption)
+For example:
+
+```
+# rubocop:disable all
+# Migration type: online without errors (works on previous version and new one)
+class MyMigration < ActiveRecord::Migration
+...
+```
+
It is always preferable to have a migration run online. If you expect the migration
to take particularly long (for instance, if it loops through all notes),
this is valuable information to add.
@@ -48,7 +57,6 @@ be possible to downgrade in case of a vulnerability or bugs.
In your migration, add a comment describing how the reversibility of the
migration was tested.
-
## Removing indices
If you need to remove index, please add a condition like in following example:
@@ -70,6 +78,7 @@ so:
```
class MyMigration < ActiveRecord::Migration
+ include Gitlab::Database::MigrationHelpers
disable_ddl_transaction!
def change
@@ -90,8 +99,11 @@ value of `10` you'd write the following:
```
class MyMigration < ActiveRecord::Migration
+ include Gitlab::Database::MigrationHelpers
+ disable_ddl_transaction!
+
def up
- add_column_with_default(:projects, :foo, :integer, 10)
+ add_column_with_default(:projects, :foo, :integer, default: 10)
end
def down