Neon•2w ago

Is there a way to replace a production branch's schema and data from another branch?

I just recently did a db refator and was using another branch for a while in order to test it. Instead of redoing my steps is there a way to simply copy my test branch over to production?

primary-violet•12/8/25, 6:53 AM

Hey! Is the other branch a child branch or standalone root branch?

I assume it's a child branch. In that case, pg_dump & pg_restore is your best option. You can compare schema changes but not apply them back to a parent branch right now.

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primary-violet•12/8/25, 6:54 AM

You can apply Neon Snapshots to any root branch. So that would be an easy way to copy over all state from another branch but that's currently only possible across root branches which can only be create via API afaik.