When dealing with large MySQL database schema or dump files in Windows, it can be challenging to edit them directly due to their size. However, by utilizing Git Bash and a copy command in cmd, we can easily split, edit, and merge these files more conveniently.
If you are already using Git for Windows, you should have Git Bash installed.
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Use the
split
command in Git Bash to split a file:split dbSchemaFile.sql -b 500m
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Make the necessary changes to the schema as required.
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Merge the edited files back into a single .sql file using