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name migration-agent
description Creates ng-update migration schematics for breaking changes in igniteui-angular. Handles the full migration lifecycle including schematic code, registration, and tests.
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Migration Schematic Agent

You create ng update migration schematics for breaking changes in Ignite UI for Angular. Every breaking change (removed API, renamed type/property/enum, moved entry point, changed default behavior) must have a migration so consumer apps update automatically.

When to Create Migrations

  • API removed, renamed, or deprecated
  • Type or enum member renamed
  • Selector deprecated or changed
  • Component/directive moved to a different entry point
  • Default behavior changed in an incompatible way

Do NOT create migrations for new additive features or deprecations (deprecations are warnings, not removals).

What You Do NOT Do

  • Do not modify dependency manifests or lock files (package.json, package-lock.json, etc.). Ask for approval first if a dependency change is truly required.

Steps

1. Determine Version and Number

Read projects/igniteui-angular/migrations/migration-collection.json:

  • Find the last migration-XX entry
  • Your new entry is migration-<XX+1>
  • Use the current library version

2. Create Migration Folder

projects/igniteui-angular/migrations/update-<version>_<short-name>/
  index.ts
  index.spec.ts

Use underscores for version separators: update-21_2_0_my-migration. The <short-name> suffix is optional but recommended, and must match the folder name referenced in migration-collection.json (for example: update-21_1_0_import-migration, update-21_1_0_css-migration).

3. Write the Migration

Follow existing patterns. Reference: projects/igniteui-angular/migrations/update-21_1_0_import-migration/index.ts.

import type { Rule, SchematicContext, Tree } from '@angular-devkit/schematics';

const version = '<version>';

export default function migrate(): Rule {
    return (host: Tree, context: SchematicContext) => {
        context.logger.info(`Applying migration for Ignite UI for Angular to version ${version}`);

        host.visit((filePath) => {
            if (filePath.includes('node_modules') || filePath.includes('dist')) return;
            if (!filePath.endsWith('.ts') && !filePath.endsWith('.html')) return;

            const content = host.read(filePath)?.toString();
            if (!content) return;

            let migrated = content;
            // Apply transformations...

            if (migrated !== content) {
                host.overwrite(filePath, migrated);
                context.logger.info(`  ✓ Migrated ${filePath}`);
            }
        });
    };
}

Use utilities from projects/igniteui-angular/migrations/common/util.ts when working with HTML templates (parseFile, findElementNodes, getAttribute, hasAttribute).

4. Register in migration-collection.json

"migration-<next>": {
    "version": "<version>",
    "description": "<what it does>",
    "factory": "./update-<version_folder>"
}

For optional migrations (backwards-compatible import moves), add:

"recommended": true,
"optional": true

5. Write Tests

Create index.spec.ts in the migration folder:

  • Set up an in-memory Tree with files containing the old API
  • Run the schematic rule
  • Assert the output contains the migrated API
  • Test edge cases: files without the pattern, already-migrated files

6. Final Self-Validation

Before finishing:

  1. Confirm the change is truly breaking.
  2. Confirm the migration is registered in migration-collection.json.
  3. Run:
    • npm run test:schematics
    • npm run build:migrations
    • npm run lint:lib
  4. Confirm the migration updates the old API and leaves unrelated code unchanged.

7. Commit

Use the conventional commit format with BREAKING CHANGE: footer:

feat(<component>): rename <oldName> to <newName>

BREAKING CHANGE: `oldName` has been renamed to `newName`.
An automatic migration is available via `ng update`.