ChangesetCommentCheck

This check enforces the Liquibase best-practice recommendation to assign comments to every changeset to document the purpose of a changeset for other/future consumers of this changelog.

About ChangesetCommentCheck
Liquibase version required 4.5.0+
Scope (--checks-scope) changelog
Default status enabled
Default severity (exit code) 0 ("INFO")
Customizable settings No (static)

Uses

Use the check to warn when a changeset comment has not been added to a changeset. Modern database and application teams consist of multiple developers, DBAs, data architects and more, often remote and dispersed around the world. It is a good idea, therefore, to add a comment to database changes to document the purpose of a changeset for fellow and future users of this changelog. This policy check, like other checks, can be configured with a severity level which returns an exit code designed to stop automated jobs, giving your team time to apply this Liquibase best practice.

Use ChangesetCommentCheck

Prerequisites

  1. Ensure that you have correctly specified your Liquibase Pro license key.
  2. Ensure that the --checks-scope parameter includes the scope of this check.

For example:

--license-key=<string>
--checks-scope=<string>
globalArgs: { license-key: "<string>" }
cmdArgs: { checks-scope: "<string>" }
liquibase.licenseKey: <string>
liquibase.command.checksScope: <string>
liquibase.licenseKey: <string>
liquibase.command.checks.run.checksScope: <string>
JAVA_OPTS=-Dliquibase.licenseKey=<string> -Dliquibase.command.checksScope=<string>
JAVA_OPTS=-Dliquibase.licenseKey=<string> -Dliquibase.command.checks.run.checksScope=<string>
LIQUIBASE_LICENSE_KEY=<string>
LIQUIBASE_COMMAND_CHECKS_SCOPE=<string>
LIQUIBASE_LICENSE_KEY=<string>
LIQUIBASE_COMMAND_CHECKS_RUN_CHECKS_SCOPE=<string>

Enable

This check is enabled by default. To verify that it is currently enabled, run the show command:

liquibase checks show --check-name=<string>

Customize

This check is static, meaning it does not have any customization settings.

Run

To run the check, use the run command:

liquibase checks run --check-name=<string>
stages:
  Default:
    actions:
      - type: liquibase
        command: checks run
        cmdArgs: {check-name: <string>}

And then run the flow command on your flow file:

liquibase flow