[PATCH 4/4] docs: Combine MySQL init/reinit instructions

Stephen Finucane stephen.finucane at intel.com
Thu Feb 11 07:14:33 AEDT 2016


Apply some learnings for the Vagrant work and combine the commands used
to configure a MySQL database for first time use with those used to
reset an existing database. This should simplify installation.

Signed-off-by: Stephen Finucane <stephen.finucane at intel.com>
---
 docs/development.md | 17 +++++------------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/development.md b/docs/development.md
index 8b46969..54b65e7 100644
--- a/docs/development.md
+++ b/docs/development.md
@@ -137,21 +137,14 @@ To begin, export your database credentials as follows:
 
 Now, create the database. If this is your first time configuring the database,
 you must create a `patchwork` user (or similar) along with the database
-instance itself. You can do this like so:
+instance itself. The commands below will do this, dropping existing databases
+if necessary:
 
     (.venv)$ mysql -u$db_user -p$db_pass << EOF
+    DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS patchwork;
     CREATE DATABASE patchwork CHARACTER SET utf8;
-    CREATE USER 'patchwork'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
-    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON patchwork.* TO 'patchwork'@'localhost';
-    EOF
-
-If you're resetting your database instead, then you must drop the existing
-database and recreate it. You can do this like so:
-
-    (.venv)$ mysql -u$db_user -p$db_pass << EOF
-    DROP DATABASE patchwork;
-    CREATE DATABASE patchwork CHARACTER SET utf8;
-    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON patchwork.* TO 'patchwork'@'localhost';
+    GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON patchwork.* TO 'patchwork'@'localhost'
+        IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
     EOF
 
 **NOTE:** The `patchwork` username and `password` password are the defaults
-- 
2.0.0



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