First beta release of Migrations v4.0

Author: joelmoss

CHANGELOG

@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
 ==== Migrate.php Changelog (started as of v3.0) ====
 
+TODO:
+ replace mdb2 with datadict
+ generate migrations in arrays format
+ transactions
+ web based interface?
+ FIXES:
+  options format - name: [string:32, notnull, 2]
+
+v 4.0 rc1 - May 2008 ...
+ [+] Version numbers now use timestamps so as to minimize conflicts
+ [+] Now supports interleaved migrations;
+        when migrating up, will run migrations that have not yet been run, and will ignore any non-run migrations when running down.
+ [+] Added info option (cake migrate info), which shows information on migrations
+ [+] Can now specify version number when running up/down, thus allowing you to only run the up/down block of a specific migration
+ [+] Schema table name is now customizable
+ [+] Now supports PHP arrays in migration files
+
 v 3.7 - Feb 28 2008
- [*] Removed backticks from table name when changing migration version, as they caused errors when using SQLITE.
+ [*] Removed back ticks from table name when changing migration version, as they caused errors when using SQLITE.
  [+] Now supports Cake's UUID columns
 
 v 3.6 - Jan 30 2008

INSTALL

@@ -39,4 +39,4 @@
 Please check out the examples directory within this package.
 
 Updates, new releases and other resources can be found at http://code.google.com/p/cakephp-migrations/
-For further assistance and additional resources, please check out my Blog at http://joelmoss.info
+For further assistance and additional resources, please check out my Blog at http://developingwithstyle.com

README

@@ -14,14 +14,32 @@ with everyone else's.
 The Migrations shell will generate a migration file for each DB change you want to make. This file
 can include any number of DB changes.
 
-The Migration files use YAML; the extremely simple and human friendly data standard. So instead of
-having to write SQL queries, you can write a short YAML structure that will do the same thing:
+The Migration files support YAML and PHP array's. So instead of having to write SQL queries, you
+can write a short YAML structure that will do the same thing:
 
   create_table:
     users:
       name: string
       age: int
       is_active: bool
+      
+or the equivalent in a PHP array:
+
+  array(
+    'create_table' => array(
+      'users' => array(
+        'name' => array(
+          'type' => 'string'
+        )
+        'age' => array(
+          'type' => 'int'
+        )
+        'is_active' => array(
+          'type' => 'bool'
+        )
+      )
+    )
+  )
 
 The above YAML code will create a table called 'users'. This is equivalent to running the following
 MySQL code:
@@ -45,4 +63,4 @@ into your database.
 Please check out the examples directory within this package.
 
 Updates, new releases and other resources can be found at http://code.google.com/p/cakephp-migrations/
-For further assistance and additional resources, please check out my Blog at http://joelmoss.info
+For further assistance and additional resources, please check out my Blog at http://developingwithstyle.com

USAGE

@@ -72,13 +72,15 @@ Before continuing, please be sure to read the README and INSTALL files included
 
     - Migrates down to 0 and back up o the latest version
 
-  cake migrate down
+  cake migrate down [version]
 
-    - Migrates down to the previous current version
+    - Migrates down to the previous current version.
+      If [version] is specified will run the DOWN section only on that specified version.
 
-  cake migrate up
+  cake migrate up [version]
 
-    - Migrates up from the current to the next version
+    - Migrates up from the current to the next version.
+      If [version] is specified will run the UP section only on that specified version.
 
   cake migrate help