better document summary of changeset actions

docs/api.rst

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Module :mod:`constraint <migrate.changeset.constraint>` -- Constraint schema mig
 
 .. automodule:: migrate.changeset.constraint
    :members:
+   :inherited-members:
    :show-inheritance:
    :member-order: groupwise
    :synopsis: Standalone schema constraint objects

docs/changelog.rst

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-0.6.0
------
+0.6 (11.07.2010)
+---------------------------
 
 .. _backwards-06:
 

docs/changeset.rst

@@ -21,6 +21,26 @@ Changeset operations can be used independently of SQLAlchemy Migrate's
 For more information, see the generated documentation for
 :mod:`migrate.changeset`.
 
+.. _summary-changeset-api:
+
+Summary of supported actions:
+
+
+* :meth:`Create a column <ChangesetColumn.create>`
+* :meth:`Drop a column <ChangesetColumn.drop>`
+* :meth:`Alter a column <ChangesetColumn.alter>` (name, nullabe, type, server_default)
+* :meth:`Rename a table <ChangesetTable.rename>`
+* :meth:`Rename an index <ChangesetIndex.rename>`
+* :meth:`Create primary key constraint <migrate.changeset.constraint.PrimaryKeyConstraint>`
+* :meth:`Drop primary key constraint <migrate.changeset.constraint.PrimaryKeyConstraint.drop>`
+* :meth:`Create foreign key contraint <migrate.changeset.constraint.ForeignKeyConstraint.create>`
+* :meth:`Drop foreign key constraint <migrate.changeset.constraint.ForeignKeyConstraint.drop>`
+* :meth:`Create unique key contraint <migrate.changeset.constraint.UniqueConstraint.create>`
+* :meth:`Drop unique key constraint <migrate.changeset.constraint.UniqueConstraint.drop>`
+* :meth:`Create check key contraint <migrate.changeset.constraint.CheckConstraint.create>`
+* :meth:`Drop check key constraint <migrate.changeset.constraint.CheckConstraint.drop>`
+
+
 .. note::
 
 	alter_metadata keyword defaults to True.
@@ -45,6 +65,8 @@ Given a standard SQLAlchemy table::
  # Column is added to table based on its name
  assert col is table.c.col1
 
+ # col1 is populated with 'foobar' because of `populate_default`
+
 .. _column-drop:
 
 :meth:`Drop a column <ChangesetColumn.drop>`::

migrate/changeset/schema.py

@@ -465,20 +465,15 @@ class ChangesetColumn(object):
     def alter(self, *p, **k):
         """Alter a column's definition: ``ALTER TABLE ALTER COLUMN``.
 
-        May supply a new column object, or a list of properties to
-        change.
-
-        For example; the following are equivalent::
-
-            col.alter(Column('myint', Integer, DefaultClause('foobar')))
-            col.alter('myint', Integer, server_default='foobar', nullable=False)
-            col.alter(DefaultClause('foobar'), name='myint', type=Integer,\
- nullable=False)
-
         Column name, type, server_default, and nullable may be changed
         here.
 
         Direct API to :func:`alter_column`
+
+        Example::
+
+            col.alter(name='foobar', type=Integer(), server_default=text("a"))
+
         """
         if 'table' not in k:
             k['table'] = self.table
@@ -487,7 +482,7 @@ class ChangesetColumn(object):
         return alter_column(self, *p, **k)
 
     def create(self, table=None, index_name=None, unique_name=None,
-               primary_key_name=None, connection=None, **kwargs):
+               primary_key_name=None, populate_default=True, connection=None, **kwargs):
         """Create this column in the database.
 
         Assumes the given table exists. ``ALTER TABLE ADD COLUMN``,
@@ -513,7 +508,7 @@ populated with defaults
 
         :returns: self
         """
-        self.populate_default = kwargs.pop('populate_default', False)
+        self.populate_default = populate_default
         self.alter_metadata = kwargs.pop('alter_metadata', DEFAULT_ALTER_METADATA)
         self.index_name = index_name
         self.unique_name = unique_name