diff --git a/models/_samples/override_naming_model_yaml.sql b/models/_samples/override_naming_model_yaml.sql
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+--this model override allows users to avoid dbt's "auto lowercasing" behavior when using codegen to generate model yaml. 
+--To actually use this macro, put it in the macros folder and name it generate_model_yaml.sql. 
+{% macro generate_column_yaml(column, model_yaml, column_desc_dict, parent_column_name="") %}
+    {% if parent_column_name %}
+        {% set column_name = parent_column_name ~ "." ~ column.name %}
+    {% else %}
+        {% set column_name = column.name %}
+    {% endif %}
+-- removing "lower" from whole macro
+    {% do model_yaml.append('      - name: ' ~ column.name) %}
+    {% do model_yaml.append('        description: "' ~ column_desc_dict.get(column.name) ~ '"') %}
+    {% do model_yaml.append('') %}
+
+    {% if column.fields|length > 0 %}
+        {% for child_column in column.fields %}
+            {% set model_yaml = codegen.generate_column_yaml(child_column, model_yaml, column_desc_dict, parent_column_name=column_name) %}
+        {% endfor %}
+    {% endif %}
+    {% do return(model_yaml) %}
+{% endmacro %}
+
+{% macro generate_model_yaml(model_names=[], upstream_descriptions=False) %}
+
+    {% set model_yaml=[] %}
+
+    {% do model_yaml.append('version: 2') %}
+    {% do model_yaml.append('') %}
+    {% do model_yaml.append('models:') %}
+
+    {% if model_names is string %}
+        {{ exceptions.raise_compiler_error("The `model_names` argument must always be a list, even if there is only one model.") }}
+    {% else %}
+        {% for model in model_names %}
+            {% do model_yaml.append('  - name: ' ~ model ) %}
+            {% do model_yaml.append('    description: ""') %}
+            {% do model_yaml.append('    columns:') %}
+
+            {% set relation=ref(model) %}
+            {%- set columns = adapter.get_columns_in_relation(relation) -%}
+            {% set column_desc_dict =  codegen.build_dict_column_descriptions(model) if upstream_descriptions else {} %}
+
+            {% for column in columns %}
+                {% set model_yaml = codegen.generate_column_yaml(column, model_yaml, column_desc_dict) %}
+            {% endfor %}
+        {% endfor %}
+    {% endif %}
+
+{% if execute %}
+
+    {% set joined = model_yaml | join ('\n') %}
+    {{ log(joined, info=True) }}
+    {% do return(joined) %}
+
+{% endif %}
+
+{% endmacro %}
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diff --git a/package-lock.yml b/package-lock.yml
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+packages:
+- package: dbt-labs/codegen
+  version: 0.9.0
+- package: dbt-labs/dbt_utils
+  version: 1.1.0
+- package: dbt-labs/audit_helper
+  version: 0.9.0
+- package: brooklyn-data/dbt_artifacts
+  version: 2.6.2
+- package: dbt-labs/dbt_project_evaluator
+  version: 0.6.0
+- package: calogica/dbt_expectations
+  version: 0.8.5
+- package: calogica/dbt_date
+  version: 0.7.2
+sha1_hash: a17b7bdcdb4efda257369bdfd548f5104eb383a3