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Merging two databases that have diverged is often very time consuming, painful, and can lead to data corruption, data loss, and bugs. In this talk, we take a look at a strategy to avoid merging databases and decrease the likelihood of our deployment going sideways.
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Database Deployment Strategy: Avoiding Merging
The Problem
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“I’m currently pulling the live database, developing, then pushing to live while
crossing my fingers no pages, posts, comments etc. have been added or
updated.” !
— Actual Developer Comment Leeroy Jenkins?
Why not build a database merge tool?
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/lastaii/1251140093/
The Strategy
$ git rebase master First, rewinding head to replay your work on top of it...
Test over and over and…
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Brad Touesnard @bradt http://bradt.ca
Delicious Brains http://deliciousbrains.com
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