pgbranch

What it does

Ever run migrations on a feature branch, then switch back to main, only to find your database is broken? pgbranch fixes that. Just like git manages code branches, pgbranch manages database branches. Create snapshots of your database state, switch between them instantly, and never manually roll back migrations again.

Git-style branching for your PostgreSQL database.

You’re working on a feature branch. Your database has migrations, seed data, and test records perfectly set up. Then you need to switch to main to fix a bug. The migrations from your feature branch don’t exist on main. Your app crashes. You spend 20 minutes resetting your database, only to realize you need to switch back to the feature branch later. pgbranch init -d myapp_dev pgbranch branch main # snapshot your clean main state pgbranch checkout main # switch to the main branch pgbranch branch feature-x # create a new branch (snapshots current state) pgbranch checkout feature-x # switch to it # ... run migrations, break things ... pgbranch checkout main # instantly back to clean state…from pgbranch.dev

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