diff --git a/.env.schema b/.env.schema
index e520b19..429bba0 100644
--- a/.env.schema
+++ b/.env.schema
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 POSTGRES_USER=postgres
 POSTGRES_PASSWORD=password
-POSTGRES_DB=dnim
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index fa2436b..0764e3b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 .env
 data
 tmp
-migrations
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 0e882ee..6336640 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ services:
     container_name: "base"
     image: "postgres:15.3-bullseye"
     ports:
-      - "5433:5432"
+      - "5432:5432"
     volumes:
       - "./data/base:/var/lib/postgresql/data"
     env_file:
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ services:
     image: "postgres:15.3-bullseye"
     restart: "always"
     ports:
-      - "5432:5432"
+      - "5433:5432"
     volumes:
       - "./data/head:/var/lib/postgresql/data"
     env_file:
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 9a8e4de..7cca97d 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -1,41 +1,35 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 
-set -ex
+set -e
 
 source ./scripts/env.sh ./.env.schema
 
-rev=${1:-HEAD}
+docker compose down
 
-if [[ -n $(git status --porcelain) ]]; then
-  echo "git working tree dirty" 1>&2;
-  exit 1;
-fi
+base_or_head="$1"
+rev="$2"
 
-if [[ "$rev" = "HEAD" ]]; then
-  head=""
-  port=5432
-else
-  head=$(git show --format=format:%h -q)
-  git reset --quiet --hard "$rev"
+git worktree remove "./$base_or_head" || true
+git worktree add "./$base_or_head" --detach "$rev"
+
+mkdir -p "./$base_or_head/data/$base_or_head"
+ln -sr "../data/$base_or_head" "./$base_or_head/data/$base_or_head"
+cp docker-compose.yml "./$base_or_head/docker-compose.yml"
+
+cd "./$base_or_head"
+docker compose up -d "$base_or_head"
+cd "../$base_or_head"
+
+if [[ "$base_or_head" = "head" ]]; then
   port=5433
+else
+  port=5432
 fi
 
-switch_back_to_head() {
-  if [[ -n "$head" ]]; then
-    git reset --quiet --hard "$head"
-  fi
-}
-trap 'switch_back_to_head' EXIT
-
 url=postgresql://$POSTGRES_USER:$POSTGRES_PASSWORD@localhost:$port
 
 dropdb=$(mktemp)
 echo "drop database dnim with (force); create database dnim;" > "$dropdb"
-psql --quiet "$url/postgres" --file="$dropdb" 1>/dev/null
+psql --quiet "$url/postgres" --file="$dropdb"
 
-ls ./schema/ | xargs -I{} \
-   psql \
-   --quiet \
-   "$url/dnim" \
-   --file=./schema/{} \
-   1>/dev/null
+ls ./schema/ | xargs -I{} psql --quiet "$url/dnim" --file=./schema/{}
diff --git a/scripts/diff.sh b/scripts/diff.sh
index 1bc75f1..d39426d 100755
--- a/scripts/diff.sh
+++ b/scripts/diff.sh
@@ -4,40 +4,41 @@ set -e
 
 source ./scripts/env.sh ./.env.schema
 
-rev=$(echo "$1" | xargs)
-head_arg=$(echo "$2" | xargs)
+base="$1"
+head_arg="$2"
 head=$(git show --format=format:%h -q | xargs)
 
 if [[ -n "$head_arg" ]]; then
   head="$head_arg"
 fi;
 
-migration="./migrations/${rev}_to_${head}.sql"
+cd ./migrations 1>&2
+git pull
+cd ../ 1>&2
 
-head_url=postgresql://$POSTGRES_USER:$POSTGRES_PASSWORD@localhost:5432/dnim
-base_url=postgresql://$POSTGRES_USER:$POSTGRES_PASSWORD@localhost:5433/dnim
+migration="./migrations/${base}_to_${head}.sql"
 
-if [[ -z "$rev" ]]; then
-  echo "revision to diff is required" 1>&2;
+base_url=postgresql://$POSTGRES_USER:$POSTGRES_PASSWORD@localhost:5432/dnim
+head_url=postgresql://$POSTGRES_USER:$POSTGRES_PASSWORD@localhost:5433/dnim
+
+if [[ -z "$base" ]] || [ -z "$head" ]; then
+  echo "revisions to diff are required ex. ./scripts/diff.sh abc bcd" 1>&2;
   exit 1;
 fi
 
-docker compose up -d 1>&2
-
-rm -r ./migrations || true
-git fetch --all 1>&2
-git restore ./migrations --source origin/manual_migrations 1>&2
-
 if [[ ! -f "$migration" ]]; then
-  ./scripts/build.sh "$rev" 1>&2
-  ./scripts/build.sh HEAD 1>&2
-  
-  echo "migrate from $rev => HEAD" 1>&2
+  ./scripts/build.sh base "$base" 1>&2
+  ./scripts/build.sh head "$head" 1>&2
 
-  migra --unsafe $base_url $head_url >> "$migration" \
+  until (pg_isready -p 5432 && pg_isready -p 5433) 1>/dev/null; do true; done;
+
+  migra --unsafe "$base_url" "$head_url" > "$migration" \
     || echo "migra exited with code $?. this is /probably/ fine" 1>&2
+
+  cd ./migrations
+  git add --all
+  git commit -m "$migration"
+  git push
 fi
 
 echo "$migration"
-
-docker compose down 1>&2
diff --git a/scripts/migrate.sh b/scripts/migrate.sh
index c8fb8bd..510ba44 100755
--- a/scripts/migrate.sh
+++ b/scripts/migrate.sh
@@ -18,22 +18,22 @@ if [[ "$dnim_database_count" = "0" ]]; then
   echo "fresh database"
   psql "$POSTGRES_URI/postgres" -c "create database dnim;"
   ls ./schema/ | xargs -I{} psql --quiet "$POSTGRES_URI/dnim" --file=./schema/{}
-  last_revision='empty'
+  rev_last='empty'
   script=''
 else
-  get_last_revision="copy (select to_revision from migration order by performed_on desc limit 1) to stdout with null as '';"
-  last_revision=$(psql "$POSTGRES_URI/dnim" -c "$get_last_revision")
-  migration_file=$(./scripts/diff.sh "$last_revision" "$to_tag")
+  get_rev_last="copy (select to_revision from migration order by performed_on desc limit 1) to stdout with null as '';"
+  rev_last=$(psql "$POSTGRES_URI/dnim" -c "$get_rev_last")
+  migration=$(./scripts/diff.sh "$rev_last" "$to_tag")
 
   if [[ "$2" = "--greenlight" ]]; then
-    psql "$POSTGRES_URI/dnim" -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 --single-transaction -f "$migration_file"
+    psql "$POSTGRES_URI/dnim" -v ON_ERROR_STOP=1 --single-transaction -f "$migration"
   else
-    echo "migration available at $migration_file"
+    echo "migration available at $migration"
     echo "review and rerun with --greenlight to apply"
     exit
   fi
 fi
 
-insert_migration="insert into migration (from_revision, to_revision) values ('$last_revision', '$to_tag');"
+insert_migration="insert into migration (from_revision, to_revision) values ('$rev_last', '$to_tag');"
 psql "$POSTGRES_URI/dnim" -c "$insert_migration"
 echo "inserted migration"