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Name

App::Sqitch - Sane database change management

Synopsis

  use App::Sqitch;
  exit App::Sqitch->go;

Description

This module provides the implementation for sqitch. You probably want to read its documentation, or the tutorial. Unless you want to hack on Sqitch itself, or provide support for a new engine or command. In which case, you will find this API documentation useful.

Interface

Class Methods

go

  App::Sqitch->go;

Called from sqitch, this class method parses command-line options and arguments in @ARGV, parses the configuration file, constructs an App::Sqitch object, constructs a command object, and runs it.

Constructor

new

  my $sqitch = App::Sqitch->new(\%params);

Constructs and returns a new Sqitch object. The supported parameters include:

plan_file
engine
db_client
db_name
db_username
user_name
user_email
db_host
db_port
top_dir
deploy_dir
revert_dir
verify_dir
extension
editor
verbosity

Accessors

plan_file

engine

db_client

db_name

db_username

user_name

user_email

db_host

db_port

top_dir

deploy_dir

revert_dir

verify_dir

extension

editor

config

  my $config = $sqitch->config;

Returns the full configuration, combined from the project, user, and system configuration files.

verbosity

Instance Methods

run

  $sqitch->run('echo hello');

Runs a system command and waits for it to finish. Throws an exception on error.

capture

  my @files = $sqitch->capture(qw(ls -lah));

Runs a system command and captures its output to STDOUT. Returns the output lines in list context and the concatenation of the lines in scalar context. Throws an exception on error.

probe

  my $git_version = $sqitch->capture(qw(git --version));

Like capture, but returns just the chomped first line of output.

spool

  $sqitch->spool($sql_file_handle, 'sqlite3', 'my.db');

Like run, but spools the contents of a file handle to the standard input the system command. Returns true on success and throws an exception on failure.

trace

trace_literal

  $sqitch->trace_literal('About to fuzzle the wuzzle.');
  $sqitch->trace('Done.');

Send trace information to STDOUT if the verbosity level is 3 or higher. Trace messages will have trace: prefixed to every line. If it's lower than 3, nothing will be output. trace appends a newline to the end of the message while trace_literal does not.

debug

debug_literal

  $sqitch->debug('Found snuggle in the crib.');
  $sqitch->debug_literal('ITYM "snuggie".');

Send debug information to STDOUT if the verbosity level is 2 or higher. Debug messages will have debug: prefixed to every line. If it's lower than 2, nothing will be output. debug appends a newline to the end of the message while debug_literal does not.

info

info_literal

  $sqitch->info('Nothing to deploy (up-to-date)');
  $sqitch->info_literal('Going to frobble the shiznet.');

Send informational message to STDOUT if the verbosity level is 1 or higher, which, by default, it is. Should be used for normal messages the user would normally want to see. If verbosity is lower than 1, nothing will be output. info appends a newline to the end of the message while info_literal does not.

comment

comment_literal

  $sqitch->comment('On database flipr_test');
  $sqitch->comment_literal('Uh-oh...');

Send comments to STDOUT if the verbosity level is 1 or higher, which, by default, it is. Comments have # prefixed to every line. If verbosity is lower than 1, nothing will be output. comment appends a newline to the end of the message while comment_literal does not.

emit

emit_literal

  $sqitch->emit('core.editor=emacs');
  $sqitch->emit_literal('Getting ready...');

Send a message to STDOUT, without regard to the verbosity. Should be used only if the user explicitly asks for output, such as for sqitch config --get core.editor. emit appends a newline to the end of the message while emit_literal does not.

vent

vent_literal

  $sqitch->vent('That was a misage.');
  $sqitch->vent_literal('This is going to be bad...');

Send a message to STDERR, without regard to the verbosity. Should be used only for error messages to be printed before exiting with an error, such as when reverting failed changes. vent appends a newline to the end of the message while vent_literal does not.

page

page_literal

  $sqitch->page('Search results:');
  $sqitch->page("Here we go\n");

Like emit(), but sends the output to a pager handle rather than STDOUT. Unless there is no TTY (such as when output is being piped elsewhere), in which case it is sent to STDOUT. page appends a newline to the end of the message while page_literal does not. Meant to be used to send a lot of data to the user at once, such as when display the results of searching the event log:

  $iter = $sqitch->engine->search_events;
  while ( my $change = $iter->() ) {
      $sqitch->page(join ' - ', @{ $change }{ qw(change_id event change) });
  }

warn

warn_literal

  $sqitch->warn('Could not find nerble; using nobble instead.');
  $sqitch->warn_literal("Cannot read file: $!\n");

Send a warning messages to STDERR. Warnings will have warning: prefixed to every line. Use if something unexpected happened but you can recover from it. warn appends a newline to the end of the message while warn_literal does not.

prompt

  my $ans = $sqitch->('Why would you want to do this?', 'because');

Prompts the user for input and returns that input. Pass in an optional default value for the user to accept or to be used if Sqitch is running unattended. An exception will be thrown if there is no prompt message or if Sqitch is unattended and there is no default value.

ask_y_n

  if ( $sqitch->ask_y_no('Are you sure?', 'y') ) { # do it! }

Prompts the user with a "yes" or "no" question. Returns true for "yes" and false for "no". Any answer that begins with case-insensitive "y" or "n" will be accepted as valid. If the user inputs an invalid value three times, an exception will be thrown. An exception will also be thrown if there is no message or if the optional default value does not begin with "y" or "n". As with prompt() an exception will be thrown if Sqitch is running unattended and there is no default.

Author

David E. Wheeler <david@justatheory.com>

License

Copyright (c) 2012-2013 iovation Inc.

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