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overleaf-cep/services/history-v1
Jakob Ackermann fd647002f5 [monorepo] enable caching for eslint and prettier (#30967)
* [monorepo] enable caching for eslint/prettier/stylelint

* [monorepo] speed up prettier by swapping --list-different for --check

--list-different will print each file that it processes. We have a lot
of files in the monorepo. Using --check only prints mismatching files.

Co-authored-by: Rebeka <rebeka.dekany@overleaf.com>

* [monorepo] explicitly configure prettier cache-location

This is the default location. Prettier will only discover that location
if the top level node_modules folder is writable, which is not the case
in CI. We create the .cache folder outside of docker, writable to node
inside docker.

The proper fix would be in prettier, to only check for write access in
the cache folder. Something to raise/upstream another day.

* [monorepo] run top-level format/format_fix in a single container

With the cache in place, it is much faster to use a single container.
As there is a single shared cache file, concurrent processes may see a
partially (re-)written cache file and bail out.

- all in a single container: 24s
- previous with -j4: 41s
- previous with -j8: failed due to corrupted cache file

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Co-authored-by: Rebeka <rebeka.dekany@overleaf.com>
GitOrigin-RevId: 7850a3a980ae6c836393d97fe56a6316ffc3fa18
2026-02-06 09:05:44 +00:00
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Database migrations

The history service uses knex to manage PostgreSQL migrations.

To create a new migrations, run:

npx knex migrate:make migration_name

To apply migrations, run:

npx knex migrate:latest

For more information, consult the knex migrations guide.

Global blobs

Global blobs are blobs that are shared between projects. The list of global blobs is stored in the projectHistoryGlobalBlobs Mongo collection and is read when the service starts. Changing the list of global blobs needs to be done carefully.

Adding a blob to the global blobs list

If we identify a blob that appears in many projects, we might want to move that blob to the global blobs list.

  1. Add a record for the blob to the projectHistoryGlobalBlobs collection.
  2. Restart the history service.
  3. Delete any corresponding project blobs.

Removing a blob from the global blobs list

Removing a blob from the global blobs list is trickier. As soon as the global blob is made unavailable, every project that needs the blob will have to get its own copy. To avoid disruptions, follow these steps:

  1. In the projectHistoryGlobalBlobs collection, set the demoted property to false on the global blob to remove. This will make the history system write new instances of this blob to project blobs, but still read from the global blob.

  2. Restart the history service.

  3. Copy the blob to all projects that need it.

  4. Remove the blob from the projectHistoryGlobalBlobs collection.

  5. Restart the history service.