Global Options

These options are available on every dbsh command.

Options

Option	Short	Description
--environment <NAME>	-e	Target environment (default: local)
--provider <NAME>	-p	Database provider: postgresql, sqlserver, mysql, sqlite
--connection-string <CONN>	-c	Override connection string
--base-path <PATH>	-C	Path to the repository root (config base)
--in-memory	-i	Force offline in-memory mode (no database)
--yes	-y	Skip interactive confirmation prompts
--no-color		Disable colored output
--json	-j	Emit machine-readable JSON
--verbose	-v	Show detailed informational output
--module <NAME>	-m	Module name (subfolder under Database/Migrations/)
--help	-h	Show help
--version		Show version

Examples

# Use a specific environment
dbsh migrate --environment production

# Override the provider
dbsh migrate -p sqlserver -c "Server=...;Database=...;..."

# Offline mode
dbsh plan --in-memory

# CI mode (no prompts, JSON output)
dbsh migrate --environment development --yes --json

# From a different repository root
dbsh validate --base-path /path/to/other/repo

Environment variable expansion

All ${VAR} tokens in configuration files are expanded from environment variables. This works with any environment variable, not just DB_CONNECTION_STRING.

{
  "database": {
    "connectionString": "${MY_APP_DATABASE_URL}"
  }
}