CLI

Usage#

# lint a file or multiple
squawk migration_001.sql migration_002.sql migration_003.sql 'migrations/*.sql'

# lint from standard in
cat migration.sql | squawk

Rules#

Individual rules can be disabled via the --exclude flag

squawk --exclude=adding-field-with-default,disallowed-unique-constraint example.sql

Disabling rules via comments#

Rule violations can be ignored via the squawk-ignore comment:

-- squawk-ignore ban-drop-column
alter table t drop column c cascade;

You can also ignore multiple rules by making a comma seperated list:

-- squawk-ignore ban-drop-column, renaming-column,ban-drop-database
alter table t drop column c cascade;

Files#

Files can be excluded from linting via the --exclude-path flag. Glob matching is supported and the flag can be provided multiple times.

squawk --exclude-path=005_user_ids.sql --exclude-path='*user_ids.sql' 'migrations/*.sql'

`.squawk.toml` configuration file#

Rules can be disabled with a configuration file.

By default, Squawk will traverse up from the current directory to find a .squawk.toml configuration file. You may specify a custom path with the -c or --config flag.

squawk --config=~/.squawk.toml example.sql

The --exclude, --exclude-path, and --pg-version flags will always be prioritized over the configuration file.

Example `.squawk.toml` configurations#

Excluding rules#

# .squawk.toml
excluded_rules = [
    "require-concurrent-index-creation",
    "require-concurrent-index-deletion",
]

Specifying postgres version#

# .squawk.toml
pg_version = "11.0"

Specifying whether SQL files will be wrapped in a transaction#

# .squawk.toml
assume_in_transaction = true

Using all options#

# .squawk.toml
pg_version = "11.0"
excluded_rules = [
    "require-concurrent-index-creation",
    "require-concurrent-index-deletion",
]
assume_in_transaction = true
excluded_paths = [
    "005_user_ids.sql",
    "*user_ids.sql",
]
[upload_to_github]
fail_on_violations = true

See the Squawk website for documentation on each rule with examples and reasoning.

`squawk --help`#

squawk
Find problems in your SQL

USAGE:
    squawk [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] [path]... [SUBCOMMAND]

FLAGS:
        --assume-in-transaction
            Assume that a transaction will wrap each SQL file when run by a migration tool

            Use --no-assume-in-transaction to override any config file that sets this
    -h, --help
            Prints help information

    -V, --version
            Prints version information

        --verbose
            Enable debug logging output


OPTIONS:
    -c, --config <config-path>
            Path to the squawk config file (.squawk.toml)

        --debug <format>
            Output debug format [possible values: Lex, Parsed]

    -e, --exclude <rule>...
            Exclude specific warnings

            For example: --exclude=require-concurrent-index-creation,ban-drop-database

        --pg-version <pg-version>
            Specify postgres version

            For example: --pg-version=13.0
        --reporter <reporter>
            Style of error reporting [possible values: Tty, Gcc, Json]

        --stdin-filepath <filepath>
            Path to use in reporting for stdin


ARGS:
    <path>...
            Paths to search


SUBCOMMANDS:
    help                Prints this message or the help of the given subcommand(s)
    upload-to-github    Comment on a PR with Squawk's results