main independently shipped 021_hashtag_counts_respect_bans and 022_client_upload_idempotency. sqlx::migrate! embeds ./migrations and refuses two files per version, so these three had to move before the branch could merge at all. Contents are untouched — only the version prefixes change. Renumbering (rather than renumbering main's) is the safe direction: main is already deployed, so its 021 and 022 are applied in production and their versions are now immutable.
Migrations
SQLx-managed Postgres migrations. Each NNN_topic.up.sql has a matching
NNN_topic.down.sql. Run by sqlx::migrate!() at app start.
Rules
- Never edit a shipped migration. If a column needs to change or a fix needs to land, write a new migration. Production has already applied the old one and SQLx tracks each by checksum — editing in place will fail to apply on existing databases.
- Always pair
.up.sqlwith a.down.sql. Reverts may not be perfect (data loss is sometimes unavoidable) but the file must exist and do the best it can. - Prefer additive changes. New columns, new tables, new keys in
config. Drop / rename only when there is no alternative. - No business logic in migrations. Schema + seeds only. Anything that needs Rust code goes in a one-off binary, not a migration file.
- One concern per migration. Easier to revert. Easier to read in
git log.
Numbering
Zero-padded three digits, monotonically increasing. The next free number lives at the bottom of the directory listing — pick that.
Seed-only migrations
When you only need to add config keys (feature flags, defaults), use
INSERT … ON CONFLICT DO NOTHING so existing operator overrides survive. See
009_feature_toggles.up.sql for the canonical shape.