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Migrations support for Mercurial

It seems that right now migrations only support SVN, TFS and Vault - none of which I'm willing to use anymore. Please consider prioritizing support for Git/Mercurial.

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    NickNick shared this idea  ·   ·  Flag idea as inappropriate…  ·  Admin →
    Jamie ClaytonJamie Clayton shared a merged idea: Allow HG Source control to create Migration Scripts  ·   · 
    started  ·  StephanieAdminStephanie (Admin, Red Gate) responded  · 

    A subset of the team has been working on this issue and we think we have a solution (on paper). We are starting a technical review with the entire development team to see if it is feasible.

    I do not have an expected release yet, but will update this suggestion as we progress.

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      • Joe KearneyJoe Kearney commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        Are there any updates to this? Any expected date of release? David, from your last comment it looks this might yet take some time – is that a fair prediction? Thanks

      • David AtkinsonAdminDavid Atkinson (Admin, Red Gate) commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        It's still very much on the forefront of our minds and we're still very committed to solving the problem of automating the generation of database changes. The differences between DVCS and "traditional" source control systems, particularly the non-sequential revision numbers, have a bigger architectural impact that we had first anticipated, which has meant a re-think on how we might implement our solution.

      • Jamie ClaytonJamie Clayton commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        Almost March 2013, 8 months after the August 2012 release date. Must be very close by now or has Red-gate forsaken this commitment?

      • NathanNathan commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        If the difficulty with this feature request has been determining what changes are already applied to the database and what changes still need applied, then I would find it acceptable to have a version tracking table on the database.

        With that tracking table, would this feature be more straight forward?

      • Greg EngleGreg Engle commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        please add this support. The flexibility of being able to jump around from branch to branch in mercurial is priceless. This is a completely different mindset from SVN.

        I should be able to start a feature branch, put it on hold and switch gears to another feature branch at anytime.

      • David AtkinsonAdminDavid Atkinson (Admin, Red Gate) commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        I can confirm that we have put the wheels in motion and we're just beginning to completely understand the extent of DVCS and branching complexity. The issue is more challenging than we had anticipated, but we're completely committed to solving it as the highest priority for SQL Source Control.

      • OliOli commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        Is it normal presently with Mercurial that when I commit changes in the Red Gate Window In SQL Server, the "phase" is at "draft" and it isn't pushed to the server? Is that a setting I forgot? If it's normal, than it would be a good thing to add it in the next release!!

      • Golden TamarinGolden Tamarin commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        Based on the rate of grow. Git/Mercurial represent the future.
        Migration support for Mercurial would be a very good choice.

      • hznkgthznkgt commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        git is a good version control system.
        I like it ,and hope it can be supported earlier

      • David AtkinsonAdminDavid Atkinson (Admin, Red Gate) commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        Hi,
        The revised target is to get this out by the end of the year. Some unanticipated circumstances beyond the control of the project team have conspired against our earlier estimate. Our sincere apologies for the delay.
        David

      • Mike LehnerMike Lehner commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

        +1 for git migrations. We could have used Mercurial for our DB projects but our other departments (Web) are already working with Git and after using it seems to fit better into our workflow.

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