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Repository to perform a database backup before migrations and seeds are run.

Require this package using

composer require fotobank/backup-migrations

Register the

Fotobank\BackupMigrations\BackupMigrationsServiceProvider::class,

service provider in the applications providers array.

Run publish command

php artisan vendor:publish --tag="backup-migrations"

to publish the config file.

Add to file config/filesystems.php disk 'backup'

\\
'backup' => [
	        'driver' => 'local',
	        'root' => storage_path('mysql_dump'),
	        'url' => env('APP_URL').'/storage',
	        'visibility' => 'public',
        ],
\\        

Run the commands

php artisan migrate

php artisan db:seed

as usual. In the background a backup dump of the database will be taken.

To restore the most recent backup run

php artisan migrate:restore

To specify file a backup use the

--file=

option.