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Maven changelogSyncToTag

Last updated: October 7, 2026

The changelogSyncToTag goal marks all undeployed changesets from your changelog up to the specified tag as executed in your database. The goal also marks the changeset with that tag as deployed.

Note: If your changelog file doesn't specify any tags, add them using the tagDatabase Change Type.

Uses

The changelogSyncToTag goal is typically used when you want to baseline a new database environment with specific objects. An example use case for the changelogSyncToTag goal is the following:

You have a DEV environment with a set of objects used only in DEV, and you want to use the same changelog to manage a new TEST environment. The TEST environment does not have those DEV-only objects and needs only some of them.
To deploy the needed DEV-only objects and avoid deploying the rest, you add a tag and run the changelogSyncToTag goal to mark the changes related to that tag as executed in the DATABASECHANGELOG table.
The goal marks all changesets starting with the first changeset at the top of the DEV changelog file and moving down to the changesets up to and including the tag.
Next, you deploy the changesets that were not marked as deployed in your database. Liquibase treats your DEV and TEST databases as equivalent.

Note: Use the Maven changelogSync goal to mark all undeployed changes from the changelog file as executed in your database.

You can also use the changelogSyncToTag goal to mark the change associated with a specific tag as executed if the object associated with the change was created manually in the database. Marking the changeset as executed prevents the next Liquibase update from failing as it tries to create an object that already exists.

Maven configuration

You can configure Liquibase Maven in multiple ways. You can pass arguments like <changeLogFile> in Maven directly in your pom.xml file, in a liquibase.properties file referenced in your POM, as environment variables, or as JVM system properties. To learn about each file's syntax, see Maven Properties.

For more information about the Maven configuration, see Configuring Maven.

Running the changelogSyncToTag Maven goal

Running the changelogSyncToTag goal requires a Maven project to be implemented. To run the goal, type the following in your command prompt:

mvn liquibase:changelogSyncToTag -Dliquibase.toTag=version_2.0

Enter the name of the tag that you want to use in place of version_2.0. Alternatively, you can add the goal and its attributes to the <executions> section of your pom.xml:

<executions> <execution> <phase>process-resources</phase> <goals> <goal>changelogSyncToTag</goal> </goals> <configuration> <toTag>version_2.0</toTag> </configuration> </execution> </executions>

Maven changelogSyncToTag configuration attributes

Attribute	Definition
`liquibase.toTag`	Syncs the changesets up to and including the tag.

Attribute	Definition
`liquibase.changeLogDirectory`	Specifies the path to the directory where Liquibase can find your changelog file.
`liquibase.changeLogFile`	The changelog file for Liquibase to use.
`liquibase.changelogCatalogName`	Specifies the catalog Liquibase will use to create your changelog tables.
`liquibase.changelogSchemaName`	Specifies the schema Liquibase will use to create your changelog tables.
`liquibase.clearCheckSums`	Boolean. Forces checksums to be cleared from the DATABASECHANGELOG table. Default value is: false.
`liquibase.contexts`	Specifies which contexts Liquibase will execute, which can be separated by a comma if multiple contexts are required. If a context is not specified, then all contexts will be executed.
`liquibase.databaseChangeLogLockTableName`	Specifies the table name to use for the DATABASECHANGELOG table.
`liquibase.databaseChangeLogTableName`	Specifies the table name to use for the DATABASECHANGELOG table.
`liquibase.databaseClass`	Specifies the database object class.
`liquibase.defaultCatalogName`	Specifies the default catalog name to use for the database connection.
`liquibase.defaultSchemaName`	Specifies the default schema name to use for the database connection.
`liquibase.driver`	Specifies the driver class name to use for the database connection.
`driverPropertiesFile`	Specifies the location of a JDBC connection properties file which contains properties the driver will use.
`liquibase.emptyPassword`	Deprecated. Boolean. Use an empty or null value for the password instead. Default value is: false.
`expressionVariables`	Specifies a map-based collection of changelog properties to apply.
`expressionVars`	Specifies a property-based collection of changelog properties to apply.
`liquibase.includeArtifact`	Boolean. Includes a Maven project artifact in the class loader, which obtains the Liquibase properties file and changelog files. Default value is `true`.
`liquibase.includeTestOutputDirectory`	Boolean. Includes the Maven test output directory in the class loader which obtains the Liquibase properties file and changelog files. Default value is `true`.
`liquibase.labels`	Specifies which labels Liquibase runs, and which can be separated by a comma if multiple labels are required or you need to designate a more complex expression. If no label is specified, then all labels are run.
`liquibase.licenseKey`	Specifies your Liquibase Secure license key.
`liquibase.outputDefaultCatalog`	Boolean. Specifies whether to ignore the catalog or database name. Default value is: false.
`liquibase.outputDefaultSchema`	Boolean. Specifies whether to ignore the schema name. Default value is: false.
`liquibase.outputFileEncoding`	Indicates that you want to set the character encoding of the output file during the `updateSQL` phase.
`liquibase.password`	Specifies the database password for the database connection.
`liquibase.promptOnNonLocalDatabase`	Deprecated. Boolean. Controls whether users are prompted before executing changesets to a non-local database. Default value is: true.
`liquibase.propertyFile`	Specifies the Liquibase properties file to use for configuration, like `liquibase.properties`.
`liquibase.propertyFileWillOverride`	Boolean. Indicates that you want the `liquibase.properties` file to override any settings provided in the Maven plugin configuration. By default, if a property is explicitly specified, it is not overridden if it also appears in the properties file. Default value is: false.
`liquibase.propertyProviderClass`	Specifies the property provider, which must be a `java.util.Properties` implementation.
`liquibase.server`	Specifies the server ID in the Maven `settings.xml` to use when authenticating.
`liquibase.skip`	Boolean. Specifies whether to skip running Liquibase. The use of this attribute is not recommended but can be used when needed. Default value is: false.
`systemProperties`	Specifies a list of system properties you want to pass to the database.
`liquibase.url`	Specifies the database URL you want to use to execute Liquibase.
`liquibase.username`	Specifies the database username for the database connection.
`liquibase.verbose`	Boolean. Controls the amount of output detail when you call the plugin. Default value is: false.

Maven changelog SyncToTag output

Starting Liquibase at 04:15:23 (version 4.3.2 #44 built at 2021-03-23 14:01+0000) [INFO] Parsing Liquibase Properties File local.liquibase.properties for changeLog parameters [INFO] Executing on Database: jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521/ORCL [INFO] Successfully acquired change log lock [INFO] Reading from DATABASECHANGELOG [INFO] Successfully released change log lock [INFO] Successfully acquired change log lock Skipping auto-registration [WARNING] Skipping auto-registration [INFO] Successfully released change log lock [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] BUILD SUCCESS [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [INFO] Total time: 5.640 s [INFO] Finished at: 2021-03-31T04:15:25-05:00 [INFO] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

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