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## SchemaMigrationOptions interface

<b>Signature:</b>

```typescript
export interface SchemaMigrationOptions extends Options 
```

## Properties

|  Property | Type | Description |
|  --- | --- | --- |
|  [existingSchema](./repository.schemamigrationoptions.existingschema.md) | <code>'drop' &#124; 'alter'</code> | When set to 'drop', schema migration will drop existing tables and recreate them from scratch, removing any existing data along the way.<!-- -->When set to 'alter', schema migration will try to preserve current schema and data, and perform a non-destructive incremental update. |
|  [models](./repository.schemamigrationoptions.models.md) | <code>string[]</code> | List of model names to migrate.<!-- -->By default, all models are migrated. |