Dolt adds wildcard filters so MySQL replicas can skip table families

Dolt can now mirror selected MySQL tables, giving teams a way to add queryable history without moving their primary database.

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Wildcard filters lower the cost of adding Dolt beside an existing MySQL or MariaDB system: teams can select the data they need and gain versioned history without first migrating the application.

Dolt adds wildcard filters so MySQL replicas can skip table families — Tim Sehn's version-controlled database can now mirror selected MySQL tables, giving teams a way to add history without moving their primary database.

DoltHub added wildcard table filters to Dolt's MySQL binlog replication in version 2.3.5, letting operators replicate selected families of tables or exclude them from a replica. The feature, described in a DoltHub blog post published on September 23rd, followed a user's request and, according to DoltHub, shipped in less than a week.…

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