SeaQL / SeaQL/sea-orm

Generate Active Model from Two Models' Differences

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Description

Motivation

The model is serialized then edited by an external editor, which would deserialize back to a new model after editing.

Do a full update is ok, while find the diffs between old and new model for on-demand updating is more clever.

Proposed Solutions

Provide a new method for derive macros like fn create_diff_active_model(old_model: &Model) -> ActiveModel is enough.

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Research direction

The issue names no files or tests; start by locating SeaORM's ActiveModel and derive-macro entry points. Clarify how differences between the old and new models should map to an ActiveModel before implementing the proposed create_diff_active_model method. Done means changed fields can be identified for on-demand updates.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
database
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Quiet
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
42/100

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