global-end-delimiter-override

Last updated: September 2, 2025

--global-end-delimiter-override is a global Boolean parameter. It lets you specify whether the --global-end-delimiter-override parameter always takes priority over other Liquibase delimiter settings. By default, it is set to false.

It is available in Liquibase Secure 5.0 and later and requires a valid Liquibase Secure license key to use.

From Liquibase Pro version 4.25.1 through 4.33, this parameter was called --pro-global-end-delimiter-prioritized. See the change history table at the end of this article for pre-5.0 version syntax.

Uses

You can set a delimiter in Liquibase in the following ways:

endDelimiter set on a specific changeset, including in rollbackSqlFile (highest precedence)
endDelimiter set in a changelog called by include or includeAll in modifyChangeSets
--global-end-delimiter-override set globally (lowest precedence)

By default, --global-end-delimiter-override has the lowest precedence. This means that if you set it to some value (such as @), and you set endDelimiter to a different value (such as &), Liquibase uses the value of endDelimiter as your delimiter anywhere there is a conflict.

However, if you want Liquibase to always set delimiters based on --global-end-delimiter-override no matter what, you can set --global-end-delimiter-override to true.

Syntax

You can set this parameter in the following ways:

Option	Syntax
Liquibase properties file (defaults file)	liquibase.globalEndDelimiter.override: <true\|false>
Global flow file argument	globalArgs: { global-end-delimiter-override: "<true\|false>" }
Global CLI parameter	liquibase --global-end-delimiter-override=<true\|false> update --changelog-file=example-changelog.xml
JVM system property (JAVA_OPTS environment variable)	Unix: JAVA_OPTS=-Dliquibase.globalEndDelimiter. overrider=<true\|false> Windows: JAVA_OPTS=-D"liquibase.globalEndDelimiter. override"=<true\|false>
Liquibase environment variable	`LIQUIBASE_COMMAND_CHANGELOG_FILE=<string>`

For more information, see Working with command parameters.

Change history

Version	Change
Liquibase Secure, version 5.0	Parameter changed from --pro-global-end-delimiter-prioritized to --global-end-delimiter-override. Here are the previous values from when it was --pro-global-end-delimiter-prioritized. Liquibase properties file (defaults file) liquibase.pro.globalEndDelimiter.prioritized: <true\|false> Global flow file argument globalArgs: { pro-global-end-delimiter-prioritized: "<true\|false>" } Global CLI parameter liquibase --pro-global-end-delimiter-prioritized=<true\|false> update --changelog-file=example-changelog.xml JVM system property(JAVA_OPTS environment variable) Unix: JAVA_OPTS=-Dliquibase.pro.globalEndDelimiter.prioritized=<true\|false> Windows: JAVA_OPTS=-D"liquibase.pro.globalEndDelimiter.prioritized"=<true\|false>

Version

Change

Liquibase Secure, version 5.0

Parameter changed from --pro-global-end-delimiter-prioritized to --global-end-delimiter-override.

Here are the previous values from when it was --pro-global-end-delimiter-prioritized.

Liquibase properties file (defaults file) liquibase.pro.globalEndDelimiter.prioritized: <true|false>

Global flow file argument

globalArgs: { pro-global-end-delimiter-prioritized: "<true|false>" }

Global CLI parameter

liquibase --pro-global-end-delimiter-prioritized=<true|false> update --changelog-file=example-changelog.xml

JVM system property(JAVA_OPTS environment variable)

Unix:

JAVA_OPTS=-Dliquibase.pro.globalEndDelimiter.prioritized=<true|false>

Windows:

JAVA_OPTS=-D"liquibase.pro.globalEndDelimiter.prioritized"=<true|false>