ignore

Last updated: January 21, 2026

The ignore attribute is a Boolean that tells Liquibase to treat a particular changeset as if it does not exist. The default value is false.

Uses

The ignore attribute is useful if you want to make a database deployment, but want to exclude certain changesets from the deployment. For example, you may have a changeset that should not be executed during an update, but you want to keep the changeset in the changelog for tracking purposes.

ignore

--liquibase formatted sql

--changeset adrian:1 ignore:true
create table person (
    name varchar(255)
);

{
"databaseChangeLog":[
  {
  "changeSet": {
    "author": "adrian",
    "id": "1",
    "ignore": "true",
    "changes": [
      {
      "createTable": {
        "tableName": "person",
        "columns": [
        {
        "column": {
          "name": "name",
          "type": "varchar(255)"
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

databaseChangeLog: - changeSet: author: adrian id: 1 ignore: true changes: - createTable: tableName: person columns: - column: name: name type: varchar(255)

<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:secure="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/secure"
    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/secure
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/secure/liquibase-secure-latest.xsd">

    <changeSet author="adrian" id="1" ignore="true">
        <createTable tableName="person">
            <column name="name" type="varchar(255)"/>
        </createTable>
    </changeSet>

</databaseChangeLog>

--liquibase formatted sql

--changeset adrian:1 ignore:true
create table person (
    name varchar(255)
);

{
"databaseChangeLog":[
  {
  "changeSet": {
    "author": "adrian",
    "id": "1",
    "ignore": "true",
    "changes": [
      {
      "createTable": {
        "tableName": "person",
        "columns": [
        {
        "column": {
          "name": "name",
          "type": "varchar(255)"
                }
              }
            ]
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

databaseChangeLog: - changeSet: author: adrian id: 1 ignore: true changes: - createTable: tableName: person columns: - column: name: name type: varchar(255)

<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:secure="http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/secure"
    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/secure
        http://www.liquibase.org/xml/ns/secure/liquibase-secure-latest.xsd">

    <changeSet author="adrian" id="1" ignore="true">
        <createTable tableName="person">
            <column name="name" type="varchar(255)"/>
        </createTable>
    </changeSet>

</databaseChangeLog>

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