remove DDLPlugin — CTAS statements in SQL files already create tables

.gitignore

@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ zotero/profiles/
 tuva/
 logs/**
 
-# Generated DAB SQL/DDL (regenerate via gen_config.py)
+# Generated DAB SQL (regenerate via gen_config.py --dab-sql)
 bundle/sql/
-bundle/ddl/
 
 # Marimo cache
 notebooks/__marimo__/

dev/scripts/backends/databricks.py

@@ -88,37 +88,6 @@ class SQLPlugin(DabPlugin):
         return result
 
 
-class DDLPlugin(DabPlugin):
-    """Generate CREATE TABLE DDL from SQLTable models for each output."""
-
-    def files(self, cfg: dict, registry: dict) -> dict[str, str]:
-        from aco.lake.catalog import Catalog
-
-        cat = Catalog()
-        result: dict[str, str] = {}
-
-        for schema_name in cat.schemas():
-            for table_ref in cat.tables(schema_name):
-                model = cat.model(table_ref)
-                schema, table = table_ref.split(".", 1)
-
-                # Generate DDL with catalog variable
-                ddl = model.to_ddl()
-                # Rewrite the table ref to include catalog variable
-                ddl = ddl.replace(
-                    f"CREATE TABLE {table_ref}",
-                    f"CREATE TABLE IF NOT EXISTS ${{var.catalog}}.{table_ref}",
-                )
-                path = f"bundle/ddl/{schema}/{table}.sql"
-                result[path] = (
-                    f"-- {table_ref}\n"
-                    f"-- Generated by gen_config.py — DO NOT EDIT\n\n"
-                    f"{ddl}\n"
-                )
-
-        return result
-
-
 class JobsPlugin(DabPlugin):
     """Generate jobs with sql_task references to transpiled SQL files."""
 
@@ -236,7 +205,6 @@ _HEADER = (
 
 _DEFAULT_PLUGINS: list[DabPlugin] = [
     SQLPlugin(),
-    DDLPlugin(),
     JobsPlugin(),
     SchemasPlugin(),
     VolumesPlugin(),

tests/test_dab_generator.py

@@ -166,28 +166,6 @@ class TestSQLFiles:
         assert has_catalog_ref, "No SQL files reference ${var.catalog}"
 
 
-class TestDDLFiles:
-    """DDL generation from SQLTable models."""
-
-    def _emit(self) -> dict[str, str]:
-        from backends.databricks import emit
-
-        from conf import cfg
-
-        return emit(cfg._data)
-
-    def test_ddl_files_generated(self):
-        files = self._emit()
-        ddl_files = [k for k in files if k.startswith("bundle/ddl/")]
-        assert len(ddl_files) > 100, f"Only {len(ddl_files)} DDL files generated"
-
-    def test_ddl_contains_create_table(self):
-        files = self._emit()
-        ddl_files = [k for k in files if k.startswith("bundle/ddl/")]
-        for path in ddl_files[:10]:
-            assert "CREATE TABLE" in files[path], f"{path} missing CREATE TABLE"
-
-
 class TestTargets:
     """Target isolation."""