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.NET Core CLI tool to enable EF6 migrations in an Asp.Net Core app.

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# Migrator.EF6

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.NET Core CLI tool to enable EF6 migrations in an Asp.Net Core app (RC2 and onwards).

## Looking for .net core 3 support?

Check [this comment](https://github.com/mrahhal/Migrator.EF6/issues/67#issuecomment-681712044). This tool is now invalid for .net core 3.0 projects and above. You'll want to use the [official ef6.exe](https://github.com/dotnet/ef6/tree/master/src/ef6) instead.

## Looking for the project.json version?
Checkout the [preview2](https://github.com/mrahhal/Migrator.EF6/tree/preview2) tree version of this repository.

## Getting EF6 migrations to work

You can read the release notes at the end of this file.

**IMPORTANT**: it's highly recommended that you put your models and migrations in a pure class library project that has no dependnecies on anything aspnetcore related. Apart from being a better design, there's actually a current problem that prevents the tool from working with projects that depend on aspnetcore. And the new tooling in v0.1 fully supports that. For more info check [this issue](https://github.com/mrahhal/Migrator.EF6/issues/37#issuecomment-286384922).

---

Steps:

- Inside your csproj:

```xml
<PackageReference Include="Migrator.EF6.Tools" Version="2.1.0" PrivateAssets="All" />

<DotNetCliToolReference Include="Migrator.EF6.Tools" Version="2.1.0" />
```

> Note: If you're on 1.0 of dotnet sdk, you might want to use version "1.1.x".

- Inside `Startup.cs`:
    - Remove everything EF Core related.
    - Simply add your db context to services:
    ```c#
    services.AddScoped<ApplicationDbContext>();
    ```
- Replace all `Microsoft.AspNetCore.Identity.EntityFramework` usings with `MR.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework6` if you're using Identity 3.0 (check out the section below).
- Remove the "Migrations" or the "Data/Migrations" folder that EF Core generated.
- Finally:

```
    dotnet ef6 migrations enable
    dotnet ef6 migrations add InitialCreate
    dotnet ef6 database update
    ```

The tool will automatically build your project but if something goes wrong make sure to build manually with `dotnet build`.

As a final note, make sure your db context looks like this:
```c#
public class ApplicationDbContext : DbContext // Or IdentityDbContext<ApplicationUser> if you're using Identity
{
    public static string ConnectionString { get; set; } = "Server=(localdb)\\mssqllocaldb;Database=aspnet5-Web1-8443284d-add8-41f4-acd8-96cae03e401d;Trusted_Connection=True;MultipleActiveResultSets=true";

public ApplicationDbContext() : base(ConnectionString)
    {
    }

protected override void OnModelCreating(DbModelBuilder modelBuilder)
    {
        base.OnModelCreating(modelBuilder);
    }
}
```

And in `Startup.cs`, in `Configure`:

```c#
Database.SetInitializer(new MigrateDatabaseToLatestVersion<ApplicationDbContext, Web1.Migrations.Configuration>());
ApplicationDbContext.ConnectionString = Configuration["ConnectionStrings:DefaultConnection"];
```

This is really important for the following reasons (not really necessary to read):
EF6 migrations implementation can read the connection string from `web.config` and that's why in an Asp.Net < 5 app we were able to just specify the connection's name and EF6 would fetch that. In EF Core, migrations know about dependency injection and can instantiate a `DbContext` correctly, EF6 just activates the default ctor so we have to provide the connection string there.

## More commands
These commands do not exist in the normal migrator:

#### `database update ~[number of migrations to revert]`:
Reverts a number of migrations. `database update ~` will revert one migration, and `database update ~2` will revert 2 migrations.

#### `database truncate`:
Truncates all tables in the database. This is basically 'database update 0'.

#### `database recreate`:
Truncates all tables then updates the database to the latest migration. This is basically a drop then update. Really helpful in development if you find yourself always dropping the database from SQL Server Object Explorer and then reapplying migrations.

## If you're working with Identity 3.0

Check out [MR.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework6](https://github.com/mrahhal/MR.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework6). It enables you to use Identity 3.0 with EF6 (by using an EF6 provider for Identity instead of the EF Core one).

## Samples
Samples are in the `samples/` directory. Watch out for `MNOTE:` occurrences for notes.

#### [`BasicConsoleApp`](samples/BasicConsoleApp)
A basic sample that shows how to add `Migrator.EF6.Tools` to your `project.json`.

#### [`WithIdentity`](samples/WithIdentity)
A sample using `Migrator.EF6` and [`MR.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework6`](https://github.com/mrahhal/MR.AspNet.Identity.EntityFramework6) to enable EF6 + migrations + Identity 3.0 in your Asp.Net Core app.

## Release notes

The `2.1.*` releases align with .NET Core SDK `2.1`.

#### `2.1.0`
- Changed the name to `dotnet ef6` because `dotnet ef` is now included SDK 2.1.

The `2.0.*` releases align with .NET Core SDK `2.0`.

#### `2.0.4`
- Fix resx generated resource name.
- Fix resolving root namespace.
- Add a verbose run mode, through the "--verbose" switch.

#### `2.0.3`
- Generate a resx file to store migration metadata. [#56](https://github.com/mrahhal/Migrator.EF6/pull/56)

#### `2.0.2`
- Add runtime option. [#54](https://github.com/mrahhal/Migrator.EF6/pull/54)

#### `2.0.1`
- Fix problem with latest .net core sdk. [#52](https://github.com/mrahhal/Migrator.EF6/issues/52)

#### `2.0.0`
This release supports .NET Core SDK `2.0`.

---

The `1.1.*` releases align with .NET Core SDK `1.0`.

#### `1.1.4`
- Make TFM selection more robust (fixes net47 support). [#45](https://github.com/mrahhal/Migrator.EF6/issues/45)

#### `1.1.3`
- Fix supporting multiple contexts. [#42](https://github.com/mrahhal/Migrator.EF6/issues/42)

#### `1.1.1`
- Better error reporting when mistyping context names. [#38](https://github.com/mrahhal/Migrator.EF6/issues/38)
- Only handle exceptions we know about. Let others bubble up.
- Remove unrelated exception messages about "project.json".
- Samples: move models and migrations to separate class library.

#### `1.1.0`
This release is for tooling `1.0` and VS 2017 support.

---

The `1.0.*` releases align with .NET Core SDK `1.0.0-preview2`.

#### `1.0.8`
This release is for .Net Core 1.1.0

#### `1.0.7`
- Fixed: Embed the "Source" resource when it's available. [#30](https://github.com/mrahhal/Migrator.EF6/issues/30)

#### `1.0.6`
- Support overriding the connection string from the command line through the `-cs` option. This way you won't have to hard code the string inside the `DbContext`. [#28](https://github.com/mrahhal/Migrator.EF6/issues/28)

#### `1.0.5`
- Support multiple `DbContext`s in the same project by using the `-c` option to specify which one to target. [#27](https://github.com/mrahhal/Migrator.EF6/issues/27)

#### `1.0.4`
- Only look for constructable `DbContext`s and `DbMigrationsConfiguration`s. [#25](https://github.com/mrahhal/Migrator.EF6/issues/25)
- Use `MigrationsDirectory` in `DbMigrationConfiguration` if it's available and no directory is specified. [#26](https://github.com/mrahhal/Migrator.EF6/issues/26)

#### `1.0.3`
- Allow relative database updates to migrations using "~". So `database update ~` will revert one migration, and `database update ~2` will revert 2 migrations.

#### `1.0.2`
- `database update` now has a `--force` option to ignore possible data loss while updating the database.

#### `1.0.1`
- Added an output directory option for migrations. [#24](https://github.com/mrahhal/Migrator.EF6/issues/24)
- `migrations enable` now automatically finds the app's DbContex type name to use in the "Configuration.cs" generated file.

#### `1.0.0`
- Initial release supporting .NET Core `1.0.0`.

The `1.0.0-rc2*` releases align with .NET Core `RC2`.

#### `1.0.0-rc2-3`
- Added support for the following commands:
  - `migrations script`: Generate a SQL script from migrations.

#### `1.0.0-rc2-2`
- Fixed: calling the tool required building the project before invocations. Now the tool automatically builds the target project so that it's always up to date. [#11](https://github.com/mrahhal/Migrator.EF6/issues/11)

#### `1.0.0-rc2`
- Initial release supporting .NET Core RC2.

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