Migrate merge_request_metrics.id to bigint
Timeline
This process needs to be started ASAP - exhausting this column would cause serious harm to the running application.
Process
Following the process outlined here, we must:
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Initialize the conversion (release N) -
Swap the columns (release N + 1) -
Remove the trigger and old integer columns (release N + 2) -
Remove ignore rules (release N + 3)
Edited by Diogo Frazão