Chum

A simple nodejs migration system for postgres.

Features

• Sql files for migration
• simple ordered migrations
• migration generator
• migration check scripts

Use

$ export DATABASE_URL="postgres://username:password@host:port/database"
$ chum new my-new-migration
$ $EDITOR migrations/1463494557653-my-new-migration/up.sql
$ chum migrate
$ chum migrate down

Config

• uses DATABASE_URL variable by default
• if not specified, will look for a chum.config.json file
  • That file should should have a key for the current environment (E.G. development, production, etc), with a database url as the value.
  • The environment comes from NODE_ENV (with a default of development), but can be overidden with the -e or --environment argument
• -v or an environment variable of CHUM_DEBUG=true will turn on verbose logging

What's with the name?

Chum is a type of salmon, a migratory fish. And the name wasn't taken on npm.