make:migration

Create a database migration file

Signature: modularous:make:migration

Alias: mod:m:migration

Category: Make

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Description

Generates a timestamped migration file for a module or the host app. Supports all standard Laravel migration patterns (create, add, delete, drop, plain) plus two Modularous-specific pivot patterns. When --addTranslation or --addSlug traits are active, companion translation/slug migration blocks are appended automatically.

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Usage

modularous:make:migration [options] <name> [<module>]

Arguments

Argument	Required	Description
name	yes	Migration name (e.g. create_posts_table, add_status_to_posts_table)
module	no	Target module; omit for database/migrations/

Options

Option	Short	Description
--fields=		Schema field string (title:string,body:text)
--route=		Route name used for pivot table naming
--relational=		Pivot type: BelongsToMany or MorphedByMany
--table-name=		Override auto-derived table name
--plain		Create an empty migration body
--self		Write to Modularous vendor migrations
--force	-f	Overwrite existing files
--no-defaults		Skip Modularous default fields
--test		Dry-run / preview mode

Trait flags (affect extra schema blocks)

-T / --addTranslation, -S / --addSlug

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Examples

Create table migration

php artisan modularous:make:migration create_posts_table Blog \
    --fields="title:string,body:text,published_at:timestamp:nullable"

Add column to existing table

php artisan modularous:make:migration add_status_to_posts_table Blog \
    --fields="status:string"

Pivot table (BelongsToMany)

php artisan modularous:make:migration create_blog_post_tag_table Blog \
    --relational=BelongsToMany \
    --route=post \
    --fields="tag_id:unsignedBigInteger"

Morph pivot table

php artisan modularous:make:migration create_taggables_table Blog \
    --relational=MorphedByMany

Migration with translation table

php artisan modularous:make:migration create_posts_table Blog \
    --fields="title:string,body:text" \
    --addTranslation

Plain migration (empty up/down)

php artisan modularous:make:migration add_indexes_to_posts_table Blog --plain

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Migration naming conventions

Name pattern	Migration type
create_*_table	Schema::create()
add_*_to_*_table	$table->addColumn()
delete_*_from_*_table	$table->dropColumn()
drop_*_table	Schema::drop()
anything else	plain

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See also

• make:model — generate the matching model
• make:route — generates model + migration together
• System Reference