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# Goals
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* export all data (except execution related data) into a file
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* import from said file
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* support flag `clean` (default: false)
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* false: if db is empty commence else print error
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* true: truncate all tables and commence
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* foreign keys are retained
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# Future Goals
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* making the export atomic
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* for now users have to shut down all n8n instances while exporting and importing
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* have foreign keys on while importing
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* for now we disable them before the import and enable them after it again
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# File Format
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* 1 file per table
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* 1 line per row
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* format: JSONL
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* metadata file
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* contains last migration name that was run
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* tared/zipped in the end
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# Tasks
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* include only columns (and all of them) when serializing
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* ignoring virtual properties and including ignored things like passwords
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* make sure sequence counters are updated
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* only allow importing into sqlite and pg
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# Questions
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* what if one record fails?
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* skip, abort?
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