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CLAUDE.md states the durable rule: run scripts/backup-db.sh before any schema change, data migration, or destructive DB operation. The rule deliberately excludes routine app writes. README summarises backup location, override env var, and restore procedure. Refs #5 Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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# Quartermaster (repo instructions)
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## Database safety rule
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The SQLite database at `./quartermaster.db` (or whatever path
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`QUARTERMASTER_DB_URL` points at) holds real user data. It is
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`.gitignored`, so losing it means the data is gone.
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**Before any operation that interacts with the database at the schema
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or destructive level**, run:
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```sh
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./scripts/backup-db.sh <reason>
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```
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That includes:
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* `rm`, `mv`, truncate, or otherwise replace `quartermaster.db`
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* Ad-hoc `sqlite3` sessions that might `DROP`, `DELETE`, or `UPDATE`
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* Any script that does data migration or cleanup outside the running
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application
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Alembic runs `scripts/backup-db.sh alembic` automatically on every
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`alembic upgrade`, `alembic downgrade`, or `alembic revision --autogenerate`
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via the hook in `alembic/env.py`, so you do not need to call it
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manually for ordinary schema work. The hook is defense in depth, not
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a substitute for thinking.
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Routine writes through the running web application are NOT covered by
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this rule. Those are normal application behaviour, not "interactions"
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in the sense meant here.
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## Where backups go
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Default: `<dir-of-db-file>/backups/quartermaster-YYYYMMDD-HHMMSS-{slug}.db`.
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For the standard `./quartermaster.db` that resolves to `./backups/`.
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Override with `QUARTERMASTER_BACKUP_DIR=/some/path`.
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The `backups/` directory is `.gitignored`. Retention is forever:
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backups are small. Prune manually if you need to.
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## Restoring
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A backup is a complete SQLite file. To restore, stop the app, replace
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`quartermaster.db` with the chosen backup (`cp backups/... quartermaster.db`),
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then restart.
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