# Maintaing database schemas using GIT

2 messages from 2010-06-25 to 2010-06-25. Participants: Bartosz Wiklak, Clément Poulain.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/24194

## Bartosz Wiklak, 2010-06-25 12:56

Subject: Maintaing database schemas using GIT
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Hi,

I am interested in maintaing database schemas using GIT. I found very
promising tool apgdiff http://apgdiff.sourceforge.net/ that I believe
can be used to manage other databases than postrgresql.

My problem is:

How to make git process sql dumps differently then other text and
binary files - apply apgdiff to them and eventually provide some merge
functionality?
Is this possible? Is this sensible rational?

What do you think?
Thanks,
Bartek

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## Clément Poulain, 2010-06-25 13:24

Subject: Re: Maintaing database schemas using GIT
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Git allows you to specify an external diff driver for some kind of files:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/gitattributes.html#_defining_an_external_diff_driver

This should help you

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