Host-side test runs use CWD=cmd/server/tests, three levels below the repo
root; the location search only went up two, so it never found
database/schema/schema.sql from there and init() fatal-exited. That gap
was being papered over by an untracked local symlink
(cmd/server/tests/database -> ../../../database) hidden behind a bare
`database` line in .git/info/exclude — which also broke `git add` under
database/. Fix the search list instead and drop the filesystem trick:
no symlink to commit, no exclude hack, works on any platform.
Verified: contract pins green from cmd/server/tests with no symlink
present (init resolves via the new entry); parse test green.
parseTableNames() regex-scanned every line of schema.sql, comments
included, with 'CREATE TABLE (?:IF NOT EXISTS )?(?:\w+\.)?(\w+)'. A doc
comment containing that phrase in prose - e.g. 'declared in CREATE TABLE
above' - registered a phantom table ('above'), and startup verification
then failed with 'missing tables: above', crash-looping the app
container on every restart.
Skip lines whose trimmed form starts with '--' so comments can never
contribute table names, and add a regression test asserting every parsed
table maps back to a real CREATE TABLE statement.
- Try multiple locations for schema.sql file
- Support both local dev and containerized deployment paths
- Add informative logging when schema is loaded
- Prevent runtime.Caller issues in containers
Locations checked:
- database/schema/schema.sql (working directory)
- /app/database/schema/schema.sql (container)
- ../database/schema/schema.sql (relative)
- ../../database/schema/schema.sql (relative)
This fixes the 'no such file or directory' error in production containers.
- Create internal/database/schema.go with full initialization logic
- Parse table names from schema.sql using regex (handles both formats)
- Execute schema in atomic transaction
- Verify all expected tables exist
- Verify all critical functions exist (6 functions)
- PostgreSQL advisory locking with 30-second timeout
- Self-healing from partial/corrupted state
- Load schema.sql from filesystem at runtime
Features:
- Defensive regex handles IF NOT EXISTS and legacy CREATE TABLE
- Lock timeout prevents indefinite hangs
- Function verification ensures sync operations work
- Clear error messages with debug hints
John O'Keefe
john-okeefe