cakephp/migrations 5.0.0

Migrations 5.0

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Fully refactored major with zero dependencies outside CakePHP code.

Breaking Changes

• Phinx fully removed - The library no longer depends on Phinx. All functionality is now native to CakePHP Migrations.
• Requires CakePHP 5.3+
• Integer columns now default to signed - Use explicit 'signed' => false for unsigned columns
• Unified migrations table - New cake_migrations table name (auto-detects legacy phinxlog for BC)

New Features

• Seed tracking - Seeds now track execution state in cake_seeds table, preventing accidental re-runs
• Upsert operations - insertOrUpdate() and insertOrSkip() methods for seeds
• Check constraints - Add CHECK constraints to columns
• Table partitioning - MySQL and PostgreSQL partition support via partitionBy()
• MySQL ALTER optimizations - ALGORITHM and LOCK options for zero-downtime schema changes
• Default value expressions - Support for CURRENT_DATE, CURRENT_TIME, etc. as defaults
• Bake improvements - Default value syntax support in migration bake commands

API Improvements

• Short seed names - Use Users instead of UsersSeed everywhere
• Seeds as command argument - bin/cake seeds run User instead of --seed User
• --fake flag - Mark seeds as executed without running them
• Consistent use of CakePHP Database classes (Column, Index, ForeignKey)

For details see docs and migration guide.

Full Changelog: 4.9.4...5.0.0