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+defmodule Pleroma.Repo.Migrations.AddDefaultsToAllTables do
+  use Ecto.Migration
+
+  def up do
+    execute("ALTER TABLE activities
+    ALTER COLUMN recipients SET DEFAULT ARRAY[]::character varying[]")
+
+    execute("ALTER TABLE filters
+    ALTER COLUMN whole_word SET DEFAULT true")
+
+    execute("ALTER TABLE push_subscriptions
+    ALTER COLUMN data SET DEFAULT '{}'::jsonb")
+
+    execute(~s(ALTER TABLE users
+    ALTER COLUMN following SET DEFAULT ARRAY[]::character varying[],
+    ALTER COLUMN tags SET DEFAULT ARRAY[]::character varying[],
+    ALTER COLUMN notification_settings SET DEFAULT
+      '{"followers": true, "follows": true, "non_follows": true, "non_followers": true}'::jsonb))
+
+    # irreversible updates
+
+    execute(
+      "UPDATE activities SET recipients = ARRAY[]::character varying[] WHERE recipients IS NULL"
+    )
+
+    execute("UPDATE filters SET whole_word = true WHERE whole_word IS NULL")
+
+    execute("UPDATE push_subscriptions SET data = '{}'::jsonb WHERE data IS NULL")
+
+    execute("UPDATE users SET following = ARRAY[]::character varying[] WHERE following IS NULL")
+    execute("UPDATE users SET tags = ARRAY[]::character varying[] WHERE tags IS NULL")
+    execute(~s(UPDATE users SET notification_settings =
+      '{"followers": true, "follows": true, "non_follows": true, "non_followers": true}'::jsonb
+      WHERE notification_settings = '{}'::jsonb))
+  end
+
+  def down do
+    execute("ALTER TABLE activities
+    ALTER COLUMN recipients DROP DEFAULT")
+
+    execute("ALTER TABLE filters
+    ALTER COLUMN whole_word DROP DEFAULT")
+
+    execute("ALTER TABLE push_subscriptions
+    ALTER COLUMN data DROP DEFAULT")
+
+    execute("ALTER TABLE users
+    ALTER COLUMN following DROP DEFAULT,
+    ALTER COLUMN tags DROP DEFAULT,
+    ALTER COLUMN notification_settings SET DEFAULT '{}'::jsonb")
+  end
+end