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+// Copyright 2017 clair authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package migrations
+
+import "github.com/remind101/migrate"
+
+func init() {
+	RegisterMigration(migrate.Migration{
+		ID: 7,
+		Up: migrate.Queries([]string{
+			`ALTER TABLE Namespace ALTER COLUMN version_format SET DATA TYPE varchar(256);`,
+			`ALTER TABLE Layer ALTER COLUMN name SET DATA TYPE varchar(256);`,
+		}),
+		Down: migrate.Queries([]string{
+			`ALTER TABLE Namespace ALTER COLUMN version_format SET DATA TYPE varchar(128);`,
+			`ALTER TABLE Layer ALTER COLUMN name SET DATA TYPE varchar(128);`,
+		}),
+	})
+}