chameleon init

chameleon init [name]

chameleon init my-project

ℹ Creating new project in: my-project
ℹ Creating .chameleon/ structure...
✓ Created .chameleon/ directory
ℹ Creating .chameleon.yml...
✓ Created .chameleon.yml
ℹ Creating schemas/ directory...
✓ Created schemas/example.cham
ℹ Creating README.md...
✓ Created README.md

✓ Project initialized successfully!

Structure created:
  .chameleon.yml        Configuration (edit this)
  .chameleon/           Admin directory (auto-managed)
    ├── config.yml      Configuration source
    ├── state/          Local state (not versioned)
    ├── journal/        Audit logs (not versioned)
    └── backups/        Backup files (not versioned)
  schemas/              Schema files
    └── example.cham    Example schema
  README.md             Getting started guide

Next steps:
  cd my-project
  export DATABASE_URL="postgresql://user:password@localhost/dbname"
  chameleon migrate --dry-run
  chameleon migrate --apply

Security tip:
  Set an admin password to protect privileged/emergency mode changes.
  Run: chameleon config auth set-password

mkdir blog && cd blog
chameleon init

ℹ Initializing ChameleonDB in current directory: /home/user/blog
✓ Created .chameleon/ directory
✓ Created .chameleon.yml
✓ Created schemas/example.cham
✓ Created README.md

✓ Project initialized successfully!

database:
  driver: postgresql
  connection_string: ${DATABASE_URL}

schema:
  paths:
    - ./schemas
  merged_output: .chameleon/state/schema.merged.cham

features:
  auto_migration: true
  rollback: true
  backup_on_migrate: true
  audit_logging: true

safety:
  validation: true
  confirmation: false

// ChameleonDB Example Schema
// This is a simple blog schema to get you started

entity User {
    id: uuid primary,
    email: string unique,
    name: string,
    created_at: timestamp default now(),
}

entity Post {
    id: uuid primary,
    title: string,
    content: string,
    published: bool,
    author_id: uuid,
    created_at: timestamp default now(),
}

entity Comment {
    id: uuid primary,
    content: string,
    post_id: uuid,
    user_id: uuid,
    created_at: timestamp default now(),
}

.chameleon/
├── config.yml          # Configuration source
├── state/              # State tracking
│   ├── current.json    # Current state
│   └── migrations/     # Migration manifest
├── journal/            # Audit logs (daily rotation)
│   └── 2026-03-03.log
├── vault/              # Schema Vault (auto-created on first migrate)
└── backups/            # Migration backups

chameleon init

❌ ChameleonDB already initialized in current directory
   Run 'chameleon migrate' to manage migrations or delete .chameleon.yml to reinitialize

chameleon init my-app

export DATABASE_URL="postgresql://user:password@localhost/dbname"

database:
  connection_string: "postgresql://localhost/mydb"

vim schemas/users.cham

# Preview changes
chameleon migrate --dry-run

# Apply migration
chameleon migrate --apply

chameleon config auth set-password

# ChameleonDB local files
.chameleon/state/
.chameleon/journal/
.chameleon/backups/
.chameleon/vault/

sudo chameleon init

mkdir -p path/to/project
chameleon init path/to/project/my-app