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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import importlib.util
+import sqlite3
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+def _load_migrate_module():
+    module_path = Path(__file__).resolve().parents[1] / "tools" / "db-migrate" / "migrate.py"
+    spec = importlib.util.spec_from_file_location("db_migrate", module_path)
+    assert spec is not None
+    assert spec.loader is not None
+    module = importlib.util.module_from_spec(spec)
+    spec.loader.exec_module(module)
+    return module
+
+
+migrate = _load_migrate_module()
+
+
+def test_parse_migration_splits_up_and_down_blocks(tmp_path):
+    migration = tmp_path / "V0001__create_widgets.sql"
+    migration.write_text(
+        """
+        -- UP
+        CREATE TABLE widgets(id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY);
+        INSERT INTO widgets(id) VALUES (1);
+
+        -- DOWN
+        DROP TABLE widgets;
+        """,
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+
+    up_sql, down_sql = migrate._parse_migration(str(migration))
+
+    assert "CREATE TABLE widgets" in up_sql
+    assert "INSERT INTO widgets" in up_sql
+    assert "DROP TABLE widgets" not in up_sql
+    assert down_sql == "DROP TABLE widgets;"
+
+
+def test_parse_migration_handles_missing_down_block(tmp_path):
+    migration = tmp_path / "V0002__up_only.sql"
+    migration.write_text(
+        """
+        -- up
+        CREATE TABLE only_up(id INTEGER);
+        """,
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+
+    up_sql, down_sql = migrate._parse_migration(str(migration))
+
+    assert up_sql == "CREATE TABLE only_up(id INTEGER);"
+    assert down_sql == ""
+
+
+def test_discover_migrations_sorts_valid_files_and_skips_bad_names(tmp_path):
+    (tmp_path / "V0020__second_valid.sql").write_text(
+        "-- UP\nCREATE TABLE second_valid(id INTEGER);\n-- DOWN\nDROP TABLE second_valid;",
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+    (tmp_path / "not_a_migration.sql").write_text("-- UP\nSELECT 1;", encoding="utf-8")
+    (tmp_path / "V0019__first_valid.sql").write_text(
+        "-- UP\nCREATE TABLE first_valid(id INTEGER);\n-- DOWN\nDROP TABLE first_valid;",
+        encoding="utf-8",
+    )
+
+    migrations = migrate._discover_migrations(str(tmp_path))
+
+    assert [m["version"] for m in migrations] == ["0019", "0020"]
+    assert [m["name"] for m in migrations] == ["first valid", "second valid"]
+    assert all(m["checksum"] for m in migrations)
+
+
+def test_run_sql_block_ignores_empty_statements_and_executes_each_statement():
+    conn = sqlite3.connect(":memory:")
+
+    migrate._run_sql_block(
+        conn,
+        """
+        ;
+        CREATE TABLE widgets(id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT);
+        ;
+        INSERT INTO widgets(name) VALUES ('alpha');
+        INSERT INTO widgets(name) VALUES ('beta');
+        ;
+        """,
+    )
+
+    rows = conn.execute("SELECT name FROM widgets ORDER BY id").fetchall()
+    conn.close()
+
+    assert rows == [("alpha",), ("beta",)]