(this is similar to Generate migrations from Ecto.Schemas or use those Ecto.Schemas to create tables in database but i still don’t have an application… so the proposed solution ecto.dump doesn’t really apply)
I’m just starting out an elixir application using the whole mix package (phx, ecto) for the first time.
The initial migration seems extremely backwards to me. But i’m not that versed on ORMs either. I can see why I wouldn’t want migrations after the DB exists to screw up tables and such. But for the initial one, I honestly cannot see any advantage.
What is bugging me most is, i will spend probably several days authoring a bunch of Schema in my repo. Then, i will have to repeat line by line all the tables/fields into my initial migration file. Not to mention that at this time, until I have anything in production, i want to collapse all my “migrations” into a initial one anyone.
Does this make sense? anyone have any work around to save the initial work on this? any workflow that is more practical not covered on the official guide?
