generated-changeset-ids-contains-description

The generated-changeset-ids-contains-description global parameter is a Boolean that determines whether Liquibase includes changeset descriptions in changelogs generated with the generate-changelog command in addition to changeset IDs. The default value is false.

Uses

If you set generated-changeset-ids-contains-description to true and run the generate-changelog command, Liquibase includes a human-readable description of each changeset as part of the value of the id attribute in the changelog it generates. Otherwise, it only includes the changeset ID, which is made of a randomly generated value followed by the current count of changesets in the changelog.

Note: Liquibase uses the id attribute to give each change a unique identifier, not to specify the order changes are run. It can be an integer or a string.

Syntax

You can set this parameter in the following ways:

Option Syntax
Liquibase properties file (defaults file) 
liquibase.generatedChangesetIdsContainsDescription: <true|false>
Global flow file argument (example) 
stages:
  Default:
    actions:
      - type: liquibase
        command: generate-changelog
        globalArgs: { generated-changeset-ids-contains-description: "<true|false>" }
Global CLI parameter 
liquibase
 --generated-changeset-ids-contains-description=<true|false> generate-changelog
 --changelog-file=example-changelog.xml

JVM system property (JAVA_OPTS Environment Variable)

Unix:

JAVA_OPTS=-Dliquibase.generatedChangesetIdsContainsDescription=<true|false>

Windows:

JAVA_OPTS=-D"liquibase.generatedChangesetIdsContainsDescription"=<true|false>
Liquibase Environment Variables 
LIQUIBASE_COMMAND_CHANGELOG_FILE=<true|false>

For more information, see Working with Command Parameters.

Output

If you use the generate-changelog command with generated-changeset-ids-contains-description set to true, the output looks like:

<?xml version="1.1" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<databaseChangeLog
    xmlns="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:ext="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext"
    xmlns:pro="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-latest.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog-ext
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/dbchangelog/dbchangelog-ext.xsd
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/pro/liquibase-pro-latest.xsd">
	<changeSet author="adrian (generated)" id="l14y-1 (createTable tableName=TEST_TABLE)">
		<createTable tableName="TEST_TABLE">
			<column name="TEST_COLUMN" type="VARCHAR(2147483647)"/>
			<column name="TEST_ID" type="INT">
				<constraints nullable="false" primaryKey="true" primaryKeyName="PK_TEST_TABLE"/>
			</column>
		</createTable>
	</changeSet>
</databaseChangeLog>

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