Inconsistent usage documentation: conf/flyway.conf vs conf/flyway.properties vs ./flyway.conf

[sw00]

I'm using flyway as a standalone CLI and found the information with regard to the default configFile option to be inconsistent and confusing. As I understand, flyway will look for a conf/flyway.properties only if invoked as a Maven plugin and not as a CLI.

$ flyway -h
Flyway 4.0.3 by Boxfuse

Usage
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flyway [options] command

By default, the configuration will be read from conf/flyway.conf.
Options passed from the command-line override the configuration.

configFile                   : Config file to use (default: conf/flyway.properties)

[axelfontaine]

Flyway will look for config files in the order specified here: https://flywaydb.org/documentation/commandline/#configFile

Works as designed.

[sw00]

Hi, thanks for looking at this.

In your link, I see no mention of a flyway.properties file - only flyway.conf.

If you could, please explain where a *.properties file is loaded from when using the CLI - I can find no line where this happens in org.flywaydb.commandline.Main.

[axelfontaine]

Sorry I was a bit too quick here. Please see my comment on #1383

[sw00]

Great, thanks for the clarification. See #1383