system-table-change

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Ensure system table schema consistency.

Authorcockroachdb
Version1.0.0
Installs0

System Documentation

What problem does it solve?

This Skill provides a comprehensive checklist to prevent errors and ensure all necessary files and artifacts are updated when modifying system tables in CockroachDB, thus avoiding confusing test failures.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Systematic Checklist: Guides users through updating schema definitions, registering new tables, managing version gates, and handling migrations.
  • Golden File Regeneration: Details the process for regenerating critical golden files that represent serialized schema and test data.
  • Use Case: When a developer needs to add a new column to the users system table, this Skill ensures they update the schema string, descriptor literal, version gates, migration scripts, and all relevant golden test files in a coordinated manner.

Quick Start

Use the system-table-change skill to ensure all artifacts are updated when modifying system tables.

Dependency Matrix

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Name: system-table-change
Download link: https://github.com/cockroachdb/cockroach/archive/main.zip#system-table-change

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