What ?
EFCoreAutoMigrator is an aggressive automatic migration tool that works with Entity Framework Core 2.1 and above. It basically recreates your database tables whenever it detects a change in your database schema.
Why ?
EFCoreAutoMigrator was built for speeding up the development stages of your applications. Since you don't need to deal with database migrations after you install this tool;
- No migration files generated.
- No more conflicts with your branch and your teammates.
- Fixing database schema errors is a lot easier.
How ?
EFCoreAutoMigrator creates and stores a hash in your FileSystem or Database to check if you have any changes on your current schema by utilizing GenerateCreateScript function of EFCore 2.1+.
Installation
It is quite simple to install.
You can install EFCoreAutoMigrator from NuGet with the command below:
Install-Package EFCoreAutoMigrator
On ASP.NET Core Project
Program.cs
public static class Program
{
public static void Main(string[] args)
{
IWebHost server = BuildWebHost(args);
var env = server.Services.GetService(typeof(IHostingEnvironment)) as IHostingEnvironment;
// I would highly suggest you to not to use this tool in your production environment.
// Since it will vaporize your whole database which you probably don't want :)
if (!env.IsProduction())
{
using (IServiceScope serviceScope = server.Services.GetService<IServiceScopeFactory>().CreateScope())
{
// Make sure that your DbContext is registered in your DI container.
MyDbContext myDbContext = serviceScope.ServiceProvider.GetService<MyDbContext>();
// Always protect your production/secure databases.
var secureDataSources = new SecureDataSource[]
{
new SecureDataSource
{
ServerAddress = "mysecure.database.net",
DatabaseName = "my-production-database"
}
};
new AutoMigrator(myDbContext, secureDataSources).EnableAutoMigration(
false, MigrationModelHashStorageMode.Database, () =>
{
// Seed function here if you need
});
}
}
server.Run();
}
public static IWebHost BuildWebHost(string[] args) =>
WebHost.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
.UseStartup<Startup>()
.Build();
}TODO:
* Tests
* Further documentation