lib/mix/tasks/papertrail/install.ex

defmodule Mix.Tasks.Papertrail.Install do
  @shortdoc "generates paper_trail migration file for your database"

  use Mix.Task

  import Macro, only: [underscore: 1]
  import Mix.Generator

  def run(_args) do
    path = Path.relative_to("priv/repo/migrations", Mix.Project.app_path())
    file = Path.join(path, "#{timestamp()}_#{underscore(AddVersions)}.exs")
    timestamps_type = Application.get_env(:paper_trail, :timestamps_type, :utc_datetime)

    create_directory(path)

    create_file(file, """
    defmodule Repo.Migrations.AddVersions do
      use Ecto.Migration

      def change do
        create table(:versions) do
          add :event,        :string, null: false, size: 10
          add :item_type,    :string, null: false
          add :item_id,      :integer
          add :item_changes, :map, null: false
          add :originator_id, references(:users) # you can change :users to your own foreign key constraint
          add :origin,       :string, size: 50
          add :meta,         :map
          
          # Configure timestamps type in config.ex :paper_trail :timestamps_type
          add :inserted_at,  :#{timestamps_type}, null: false
        end

        create index(:versions, [:originator_id])
        create index(:versions, [:item_id, :item_type])
        # Uncomment if you want to add the following indexes to speed up special queries:
        # create index(:versions, [:event, :item_type])
        # create index(:versions, [:item_type, :inserted_at])
      end
    end
    """)
  end

  defp timestamp do
    {{y, m, d}, {hh, mm, ss}} = :calendar.universal_time()
    "#{y}#{pad(m)}#{pad(d)}#{pad(hh)}#{pad(mm)}#{pad(ss)}"
  end

  defp pad(i) when i < 10, do: <<?0, ?0 + i>>
  defp pad(i), do: to_string(i)
end