Re: CLI for Schema Diff

Hi

On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 3:36 PM Steve Chavez <steve(at)supabase(dot)io> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> In case anyone is interested, I've managed to enable a CLI mode for the
> Schema Diff on this repo:
>
> https://github.com/steve-chavez/pgadmin4/blob/cli/web/cli.py
>
> It basically works by using a Flask test client that interacts with the
> Schema Diff endpoints.
> It's a single isolated file, I haven't patched any of the existing modules.
>
> For a quickstart, there's also a docker image that can be used like:
>
> docker run supabase/pgadmin-schema-diff \
> 'postgres://postgres(at)host/diff_source' \
> 'postgres://postgres(at)host/diff_target' \
> > diff.sql
> ## the stderr output shows the same messages as the Schema Diff GUI:
>
> Starting schema diff...
> Comparision started......0%
> Comparing FTS Dictionaries ...35%
> Comparing Functions ...50%
> Comparing Trigger Functions ...60%
> Comparing Sequences ...70%
> Comparing Tables ...80%
> Comparing Views ...90%
> Done.
>
>
That's an interesting approach! Obviously the code is just a proof of
concept at the moment (redirecting stdout is masking errors for example),
but is this something you'd be interested in working on to become a more
fully featured and production quality CLI?

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