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# Omarchy migrations
Omarchy migrations are one-time repair scripts for existing installs. They are
used when a package update needs to change state that pacman cannot safely own by
itself.
## Migration model
Migrations live in:
```text
migrations/*.sh
```
They run as the current Omarchy user through `omarchy-migrate`, normally during
`omarchy update`. A migration may touch user/session state (`~/.config`,
`~/.local`, user systemd, browser/editor prefs, DBus/session state), and may also
perform machine-wide repairs when needed.
Completion state is per-user:
```text
~/.local/state/omarchy/migrations/<migration filename>
```
That means every user gets a chance to run every migration. Migrations run as the
user; privileged operations should invoke the appropriate helper or privilege
prompt themselves. Migrations must be idempotent: if one user already applied a
machine-wide repair, the same migration running for another user should detect
that and no-op.
## When migrations run
### During `omarchy update`
`omarchy update` is the normal update path. It runs package updates, then:
```bash
omarchy-migrate
omarchy-hook post-update
```
`omarchy-migrate` waits for any active pacman transaction to finish, then runs
all pending migrations for the current user in the visible update terminal.
### During direct pacman updates
Raw `sudo pacman -Syu` is guarded. Users should normally run:
```bash
omarchy update
```
If a user explicitly bypasses the guard, user sessions watch the packaged
migration directory and run a notifier. The notifier checks:
```bash
omarchy-migrate --pending
```
If that user has pending migrations, it shows a notification that opens a
terminal for:
```bash
omarchy-migrate
```
The notifier never runs migrations silently in the background.
### Manually
Users can safely run:
```bash
omarchy-migrate
```
at any time. Already-completed migrations are skipped.
## Inspecting pending migrations
Use:
```bash
omarchy-migrate --pending
```
Exit behavior:
- `0` — one or more migrations are pending
- non-zero — no migrations are pending
Output is one pending migration per line:
```text
1781158082.sh
```
## Creating a migration
Use the helper:
```bash
omarchy-dev-add-migration --no-edit
```
This creates:
```text
migrations/<unix timestamp>.sh
```
New migration format:
- File permissions must be `0644` (`-rw-r--r--`). Migration runners execute them
with `bash -euo pipefail`, not through executable bits.
- No shebang line.
- Start with an `echo` describing what the migration does.
- Use `$OMARCHY_PATH` to reference the Omarchy directory.
- Be idempotent. Check existing state before changing it.
- Use helper commands such as `omarchy-cmd-present`, `omarchy-cmd-missing`,
`omarchy-pkg-add`, `omarchy-pkg-drop`, `omarchy-pkg-present`, and
`omarchy-pkg-missing` when appropriate.
Example:
```bash
echo "Relink Neovim theme to Omarchy current state"
theme_link="$HOME/.config/nvim/lua/plugins/theme.lua"
current_relative_target="../../../../.local/state/omarchy/current/theme/neovim.lua"
[[ -L $theme_link ]] || exit 0
ln -sfn "$current_relative_target" "$theme_link"
```
## Testing migrations
Run a migration against a temporary home when possible:
```bash
HOME=$(mktemp -d) bash -euo pipefail migrations/<timestamp>.sh
```
To rerun a migration locally, remove its marker and run the migrator:
```bash
rm ~/.local/state/omarchy/migrations/<migration>.sh
omarchy-migrate
```
Omarchy 4.0 is upgraded through `bin/omarchy-upgrade-to-quattro`, not through the
normal migration runner. Do not add compatibility migrations for old installer
layouts; put pre-4 package-layout transition work in the upgrade command instead.