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dotnet ef — Perform design-time development tasks for Entity Framework Core. More information: <https://learn.mi

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Problem

How to use the dotnet ef command: Perform design-time development tasks for Entity Framework Core. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/ef/core/cli/dotnet>.

Solution

dotnet ef — Perform design-time development tasks for Entity Framework Core. More information: <https://learn.microsoft.com/ef/core/cli/dotnet>.

Update the database to a specified migration:

dotnet ef database update {{migration}}

Drop the database:

dotnet ef database drop

List available DbContext types:

dotnet ef dbcontext list

Generate code for a DbContext and entity types for a database:

dotnet ef dbcontext scaffold {{connection_string}} {{provider}}

Add a new migration:

dotnet ef migrations add {{name}}

Remove the last migration, rolling back the code changes that were done for the latest migration:

dotnet ef migrations remove

List available migrations:

dotnet ef migrations list

Generate an SQL script from migrations range:

dotnet ef migrations script {{from_migration}} {{to_migration}}

Code Snippets

Update the database to a specified migration

dotnet ef database update {{migration}}

Drop the database

dotnet ef database drop

List available `DbContext` types

dotnet ef dbcontext list

Generate code for a `DbContext` and entity types for a database

dotnet ef dbcontext scaffold {{connection_string}} {{provider}}

Add a new migration

dotnet ef migrations add {{name}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/dotnet ef

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