Commands

Liquibase comes with several commands that can help you migrate and make changes to your databases. The following is a list of all commands available:

Database update commands

Command	Description
update command	Updates database to current version.
updateSQL command	A helper command that allows you to inspect the SQL Liquibase will run while using the update command.
updateCount <value> command	Applies the next <value> changesets.
updateCountSQL <value> command	Writes SQL to apply the next <value> changesets to STDOUT.
updateTestingRollback command	Updates the database, then rolls back changes before updating again.

Database rollback commands

Command	Description
rollback <tag> command	Rolls back the database to the state it was in when the tag was applied.
rollbackSQL <tag> command	A helper command that produces the raw SQL Liquibase would run when using the rollbackByTag command.
rollbackToDate command	Rolls back the database to the state it was in at the given date/time.
rollbackToDateSQL command	A helper command that allows you to inspect the SQL Liquibase will run while using the rollbackToDate command.
rollbackCount <value> command	Rolls back the last <value> changesets.
rollbackCountSQL <value> command	Writes SQL to roll back the last <value> changesets to STDOUT.
rollbackOneChangeSet command	Rolls back a single changeset without needing to roll back other already applied changeset. Liquibase Pro Feature
rollbackOneChangeSetSQL command	Writes SQL to roll back a single changeset to STDOUT. Liquibase Pro Feature
rollbackOneUpdate command	Rolls back all changesets related by a specific deploymentId that was made during a previous change to your database. It is only available for Liquibase Pro users.
rollbackOneUpdateSQL command	a helper command that allows you to inspect the SQL Liquibase will run to revert all changeset associated with the deploymentID specified in the rollbackOneUpdate command. It is only available for Liquibase Pro users.
futureRollbackSQL command	Writes SQL to roll back the database to the current state after the changes in the changelog have been applied.
updateTestingRollback command	Updates the database, then rolls back changes before updating again.

Diff commands

Command	Description
generateChangeLog command	Generate a changelog from a database when adding Liquibase to a new project. Conceptually, does a diff of the current database to an empty database, creating a changelog that has all the changes needed to update an empty database.
diff command	Writes description of differences between two databases to standard out.
diffChangeLog command	Adds any differences between the databases specified to a changelog. Can append in any of the supported changelog formats.

Documentation commands

Command	Description
dbDoc <outputDirectory> command	Generates Javadoc-like documentation based on current database and changelog.

Maintenance commands

Command	Description
changelogSync command	Mark all changes as executed in the database.
changelogSyncSQL command	Writes SQL to mark all changes as executed in the database to STDOUT.
clearCheckSums command	Removes current checksums from database. On next update changesets that have already been deployed will have their checksums recomputed, and changesets that have not been deployed will be deployed.
dropAll command	Drops all database objects owned by the user. DANGEROUS!
listLocks command	Lists who currently has locks on the database changelog.
markNextChangeSetRan command	Mark the next change set as executed in the database.
releaseLocks command	Releases all locks on the database changelog.
status --verbose command	Outputs count (list if --verbose) of changesets that have not been run.
snapshot command	Gathers the current database schema and displays that information to STDOUT. With options, can save the schema in JSON format, and that JSON snapshot can serve as a comparison database.
tag <tag string> command	"Tags" the current database state for future rollback.
tagExists <tag string> command	Checks whether the given tag already exists.
validate command	Checks the changelog for errors.

Required parameters for most commands

Option	Description
--changeLogFile=<path and filename>	The changelog file to use.
--username=<value>	Database username.
--password=<value>	Database password.
--url=<value>	Database JDBC URL.
--driver=<jdbc.driver.ClassName>	Database driver class name.

Optional parameters

Option	Description
--classpath=<value>	Classpath containing migration files and JDBC Driver. List multiple items using the standard path separator for your platform, which is a colon (:) on Mac/Linux, and a semicolon (;) on Windows.
--contexts=<value>	changesets Contexts to execute.
--defaultSchemaName=<schema>	Specifies the default schema to use for managed database objects and for Liquibase control tables.
--databaseClass=<custom.DatabaseImpl>	Specifies a custom Database implementation to use
--defaultsFile=</path/to/file>	File containing default option values. (default: ./liquibase.properties)
--includeSystemClasspath=<true or false>	Include the system classpath in the Liquibase classpath. (default: true)
--promptForNonLocalDatabase=<true or false>	Prompt if non-localhost databases. (default: false)
--currentDateTimeFunction=<value>	Overrides current date time function used in SQL. Useful for unsupported databases.
--labels=<value>	Filter the changelog using Labels.
--logLevel=<level>	Execution log level (debug, info, warning, severe, off).
--logFile=<filename>	Rather than logging to console, send logging messages to a file.
--liquibaseProLicenseKey=<licenKey>	A Liquibase Pro license key (base64 encoded string) unlocks additional features.
--help	Output command line parameter help.
--dataOutputDirectory	Directory where insert statement csv files will be kept (required by generatechangelog command).
--propertyProviderClass=<properties.ClassName>	Custom properties implementation to use
--schemas=<name1,name2>	A comma-separated list of database schemas from which to include objects when executing a command, such as snapshot, generatechangelog, or diffchangelog. This flag is required when you are referencing multiple schemas in a command.

Required diff parameters

Option	Description
--referenceUsername=<value>	Base Database username.
--referencePassword=<value>	Base Database password.
--referenceUrl=<value>	Base Database URL.

Optional diff parameters

Option	Description
--referenceDriver=<jdbc.driver.ClassName>	Base Database driver class name.
--referenceDefaultSchemaName=<schema>	Base Database default schema name.

changelog properties

Option	Description
-D<property.name>=<property.value>	Pass a name/value pair for substitution of ${} blocks in the changelogs.