tag

The tag command marks the current database state so you can roll back changes in the future.

Uses

The tag command is typically used to mark the current database state, version, release, or any other information by adding the tag to the last row in the DATABASECHANGELOG table. After setting the tag, you can use the rollback command to roll back all changes up to that tag.

The image below shows the DATABASECHANGELOG table structure. Running the command tag version1 applies the tag version1 to the last row in the DATABASECHANGELOG table. If you run rollback version1 command, it will roll back only createTable C value.

Note: It is best practice to tag your changesets before running any other commands against your database.

Syntax

To run the tag command, specify the driver, classpath, and URL in the Liquibase properties file. For more information, see Create and Configure a liquibase.properties File. You can also specify these properties in your command line.

Then run the tag command:

liquibase tag --tag=myTag

Note: The --tag=myTag syntax was added in Liquibase 4.4. If you use an older version, specify your tag as a positional argument: <command> myTag.

Command arguments

Tip: For best results, specify all commands and parameters in the --kebab-case format in the CLI. If your preference is camelCase, it also works in the CLI.

Attribute Definition Requirement
--url

The JDBC database connection URL. See Using JDBC URL in Liquibase.

 Required
--tag

The tag identifying which tagged changesets in the changelog to evaluate. Specify as --tag=myTag. Positional format <command> <tag> deprecated in 4.4+.

 Required
--add-row

If true, creates a new DATABASECHANGELOG row for the tag you're adding. If false, adds the new tag to the last existing row. Liquibase 4.23.1+. Requires a Liquibase Pro license key. Default: false.

Note: If you create a new DATABASECHANGELOG row for your tag but later roll back that tag, Liquibase also rolls back the row you created.

 Optional
--default-catalog-name

Name of the default catalog to use for the database connection

 Optional
--default-schema-name

Name of the default schema to use for the database connection. If defaultSchemaName is set, then objects do not have to be fully qualified. This means you can refer to just mytable instead of myschema.mytable.

Tip: In Liquibase v4.23.0+, camelCase for defaultSchemaName works successfully. If you are on an earlier version, camelCase may not work as expected.

Note: The syntax liquibase.command.defaultSchemaName is valid for v4.19.0+. For prior versions, use defaultSchemaName.

 Optional
--driver

The JDBC driver class

 Optional
--driver-properties-file

The JDBC driver properties file

 Optional
--password

Password to connect to the target database.

Tip: It is a best practice to store sensitive data in a Secrets Management tool with Liquibase Pro.

 Optional
--username

Username to connect to the target database.

Tip: It is a best practice to store sensitive data in a Secrets Management tool with Liquibase Pro.

 Optional

Note: The username and password attributes are not required for connections and systems which use alternate means of authentication. Also, you can specify database credentials as part of the url attribute.

Output

Liquibase Community 4.9.1 by Liquibase
Successfully tagged 'DBUSER@jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost:9090/mem:dev'

Liquibase command 'tag' was executed successfully.

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