CLI Commands¶

Edgy ships with a full CLI for migrations, shell usage, inspection, and admin serving.

This page is a practical map of the commands, when to use them, and typical call patterns.

Before Running Commands¶

Edgy needs an application context (edgy.monkay.instance) for most commands.

You can provide it by:

• --app path.to.module
• EDGY_DEFAULT_APP=path.to.module
• preloads in settings (for automatic discovery)

See Discovery for details.

If you need centralized command behavior (preloads, migration directory, shell settings), check Settings.

Command Families At a Glance¶

Migration Bootstrap¶

edgy list-templates¶

What: Show available migration repository templates.

When: Before edgy init, when choosing a template.

$ edgy list-templates

edgy init¶

What: Create migration repository files (alembic.ini, env scripts, versions folder).

When: First-time migration setup.

$ edgy init
$ edgy init -t plain

Migration Generation¶

edgy revision¶

What: Create a new revision script.

When: Manual revision creation or fine-grained control.

$ edgy revision -m "Add status field"
$ edgy revision --autogenerate -m "Sync models"

edgy makemigrations¶

What: Alias for edgy revision --autogenerate.

When: Standard model-to-migration workflow.

$ edgy makemigrations
$ edgy makemigrations -m "Initial schema"

edgy merge¶

What: Merge multiple heads into one revision.

When: Branching migration histories create multiple heads.

$ edgy merge -m "Merge heads" <rev_a> <rev_b>

edgy edit¶

What: Open/edit a revision file from the CLI.

When: Quick script edits without manual path lookup.

$ edgy edit head

Migration Execution¶

edgy migrate¶

What: Upgrade database to a target revision (defaults to head).

When: Apply migrations.

$ edgy migrate
$ edgy migrate <revision>

edgy downgrade¶

What: Roll back to an earlier revision.

When: Revert schema changes.

$ edgy downgrade -1
$ edgy downgrade <revision>

edgy stamp¶

What: Mark revision table without running migration operations.

When: Align revision metadata with an already-synced database.

$ edgy stamp head

Migration Introspection¶

edgy current¶

What: Show current revision state.

$ edgy current

edgy heads¶

What: Show current head revisions.

$ edgy heads

edgy branches¶

What: Show migration branch points.

$ edgy branches

edgy history¶

What: Show migration history.

$ edgy history
$ edgy history -r base:head

edgy show¶

What: Show one revision script summary/details.

$ edgy show head

edgy check¶

What: Check for model changes that would generate operations.

$ edgy check

Runtime and Utilities¶

edgy shell¶

What: Start interactive shell with imported models and defaults.

$ edgy shell
$ edgy shell --kernel ptpython

edgy inspectdb¶

What: Reflect an existing database and emit ReflectModel definitions.

$ edgy inspectdb --database "postgres+asyncpg://user:pass@localhost:5432/my_db"

edgy admin_serve¶

What: Run the Edgy admin development server.

$ edgy admin_serve
$ edgy admin_serve --auth-name=admin --auth-pw='<strong-password>'

Recommended Flow¶

1. edgy init (once)
2. edgy makemigrations
3. edgy migrate
4. repeat 2-3 as models evolve

graph LR
    A["Model changes"] --> B["edgy makemigrations"]
    B --> C["Review revision file"]
    C --> D["edgy migrate"]
    D --> E["Verify with edgy current/check"]

Common Journeys¶

First migration in a new project¶

$ edgy init
$ edgy makemigrations -m "Initial schema"
$ edgy migrate

Investigating migration drift in CI¶

$ edgy check
$ edgy current
$ edgy heads

Resolving multiple heads¶

$ edgy heads
$ edgy merge -m "Merge heads" <rev_a> <rev_b>
$ edgy migrate

See Also¶

• Migrations
• Discovery
• Shell Support
• Inspect DB
• Admin