Require presence of up block; optional space after -- (#72)

README.md

@@ -218,10 +218,9 @@ dbmate supports options passed to a migration block in the form of `key:value` p
 ```sql
 -- migrate:up transaction:false
 ALTER TYPE colors ADD VALUE 'orange' AFTER 'red';
-ALTER TYPE colors ADD VALUE 'yellow' AFTER 'orange';
 ```
 
-`transaction` will default to `true` for if your database supports it.
+`transaction` will default to `true` if your database supports it.
 
 ### Schema File
 

pkg/dbmate/migrations.go

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package dbmate
 
 import (
+	"fmt"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
@@ -36,37 +37,33 @@ func parseMigration(path string) (Migration, Migration, error) {
 	if err != nil {
 		return NewMigration(), NewMigration(), err
 	}
-	up, down := parseMigrationContents(string(data))
-	return up, down, nil
+	up, down, err := parseMigrationContents(string(data))
+	return up, down, err
 }
 
-var upRegExp = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^-- migrate:up\s+(.+)*$`)
-var downRegExp = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^-- migrate:down\s+(.+)*$`)
+var upRegExp = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^--\s*migrate:up\s+(.+)*$`)
+var downRegExp = regexp.MustCompile(`(?m)^--\s*migrate:down\s+(.+)*$`)
 
 // parseMigrationContents parses the string contents of a migration.
 // It will return two Migration objects, the first representing the "up"
-// block and the second representing the "down" block.
-//
-// Note that with the way this is currently defined, it is possible to
-// correctly parse a migration that does not define an "up" block or a
-// "down" block, or one that defines neither. This behavior is, in part,
-// to preserve backwards compatibility.
-func parseMigrationContents(contents string) (Migration, Migration) {
+// block and the second representing the "down" block. This function
+// requires that at least an up block was defined and will otherwise
+// return an error.
+func parseMigrationContents(contents string) (Migration, Migration, error) {
 	up := NewMigration()
 	down := NewMigration()
 
 	upMatch := upRegExp.FindStringSubmatchIndex(contents)
 	downMatch := downRegExp.FindStringSubmatchIndex(contents)
 
+	didNotDefineUpBlock := len(upMatch) == 0
 	onlyDefinedUpBlock := len(upMatch) != 0 && len(downMatch) == 0
-	onlyDefinedDownBlock := len(upMatch) == 0 && len(downMatch) != 0
 
-	if onlyDefinedUpBlock {
+	if didNotDefineUpBlock {
+		return up, down, fmt.Errorf("dbmate requires each migration to define an up bock with '-- migrate:up'")
+	} else if onlyDefinedUpBlock {
 		up.Contents = strings.TrimSpace(contents)
 		up.Options = parseMigrationOptions(contents, upMatch[2], upMatch[3])
-	} else if onlyDefinedDownBlock {
-		down.Contents = strings.TrimSpace(contents)
-		down.Options = parseMigrationOptions(contents, downMatch[2], downMatch[3])
 	} else {
 		upStart := upMatch[0]
 		downStart := downMatch[0]
@@ -87,7 +84,7 @@ func parseMigrationContents(contents string) (Migration, Migration) {
 		down.Options = parseMigrationOptions(contents, downMatch[2], downMatch[3])
 	}
 
-	return up, down
+	return up, down, nil
 }
 
 var whitespaceRegExp = regexp.MustCompile(`\s+`)

pkg/dbmate/migrations_test.go

@@ -7,12 +7,14 @@ import (
 )
 
 func TestParseMigrationContents(t *testing.T) {
+	// It supports the typical use case.
 	migration := `-- migrate:up
 create table users (id serial, name text);
 -- migrate:down
 drop table users;`
 
-	up, down := parseMigrationContents(migration)
+	up, down, err := parseMigrationContents(migration)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
 
 	require.Equal(t, "-- migrate:up\ncreate table users (id serial, name text);", up.Contents)
 	require.Equal(t, true, up.Options.Transaction())
@@ -20,13 +22,33 @@ drop table users;`
 	require.Equal(t, "-- migrate:down\ndrop table users;", down.Contents)
 	require.Equal(t, true, down.Options.Transaction())
 
+	// It does not require space between the '--' and 'migrate'
+	migration = `
+--migrate:up
+create table users (id serial, name text);
+
+--migrate:down
+drop table users;
+`
+
+	up, down, err = parseMigrationContents(migration)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
+
+	require.Equal(t, "--migrate:up\ncreate table users (id serial, name text);", up.Contents)
+	require.Equal(t, true, up.Options.Transaction())
+
+	require.Equal(t, "--migrate:down\ndrop table users;", down.Contents)
+	require.Equal(t, true, down.Options.Transaction())
+
+	// It is acceptable for down to be defined before up
 	migration = `-- migrate:down
 drop table users;
 -- migrate:up
 create table users (id serial, name text);
 `
 
-	up, down = parseMigrationContents(migration)
+	up, down, err = parseMigrationContents(migration)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
 
 	require.Equal(t, "-- migrate:up\ncreate table users (id serial, name text);", up.Contents)
 	require.Equal(t, true, up.Options.Transaction())
@@ -34,19 +56,30 @@ create table users (id serial, name text);
 	require.Equal(t, "-- migrate:down\ndrop table users;", down.Contents)
 	require.Equal(t, true, down.Options.Transaction())
 
-	// This migration would not work in Postgres if it were to
-	// run in a transaction, so we would want to disable transactions.
+	// It supports turning transactions off for a given migration block,
+	// e.g., the below would not work in Postgres inside a transaction.
+	// It also supports omitting the down block.
 	migration = `-- migrate:up transaction:false
 ALTER TYPE colors ADD VALUE 'orange' AFTER 'red';
-ALTER TYPE colors ADD VALUE 'yellow' AFTER 'orange';
 `
 
-	up, down = parseMigrationContents(migration)
+	up, down, err = parseMigrationContents(migration)
+	require.Nil(t, err)
 
-	require.Equal(t, "-- migrate:up transaction:false\nALTER TYPE colors ADD VALUE 'orange' AFTER 'red';\nALTER TYPE colors ADD VALUE 'yellow' AFTER 'orange';", up.Contents)
+	require.Equal(t, "-- migrate:up transaction:false\nALTER TYPE colors ADD VALUE 'orange' AFTER 'red';", up.Contents)
 	require.Equal(t, false, up.Options.Transaction())
 
 	require.Equal(t, "", down.Contents)
 	require.Equal(t, true, down.Options.Transaction())
 
+	// It does *not* support omitting the up block.
+	migration = `-- drop users table
+begin;
+drop table users;
+commit;
+`
+
+	_, _, err = parseMigrationContents(migration)
+	require.NotNil(t, err)
+	require.Equal(t, "dbmate requires each migration to define an up bock with '-- migrate:up'", err.Error())
 }