https://jacobedwards.org/tags/goose/ Recent content in Goose on Jacob Edwards Hugo en-us jacob@jacobedwards.org (Jacob Edwards) jacob@jacobedwards.org (Jacob Edwards) Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:09:00 -0700 https://jacobedwards.org/posts/goose-database-migration/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:09:00 -0700jacob@jacobedwards.org (Jacob Edwards) https://jacobedwards.org/posts/goose-database-migration/ <p>When developing a database schema, it&rsquo;s useful to represent it as a series of incremental changes that handle data migrations alongside the schema migrations. <a href="https://github.com/pressly/goose">Goose</a> is a great tool for this when working with SQL databases with its simplicity and first-class Go integration.</p> <p>Goose migrations are stored in a directory either by date or with a sequence number, and can be created with the <code>create</code> command. Within the migration, the block annotated with the <code>+goose Up</code> comment is executed to apply the migration, and the block under <code>+goose Down</code> is run to roll it back. A basic migration might look like this:</p>