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+# Jetbrains
+.idea/*
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+# Check Migrations
+
+A Laravel command scans your application for pending migrations, providing a clear overview of what needs to be migrated.
+You can then choose to run individual migrations or skip them as needed, short-cutting and optimizing your development workflow.
+
+## Support for Structured Migrations
+
+This package seamlessly handles migrations organized within subdirectories, ensuring that no pending migrations are overlooked regardless of the project's migration structure. 
+
+```php
+database
+└── migrations
+├── 2023_01_01
+│ ├── 20230101000001_create_table_one.php
+│ └── 20230101000002_create_table_two.php
+└── 2023_02_01
+├── 20230201000001_create_table_three.php
+└── 20230201000002_create_table_four.php
+
+```
+## Installation
+
+```bash
+composer require levizoesch/laravel-check-migrations
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+Run the following command in your terminal:
+
+#### This will display pending migrations and prompt for confirmation before running each one.
+```bash
+php artisan check-migrations
+```
+#### This will skip confirmation and run pending migrations directly.
+```bash
+php artisan check-migrations --skip
+```
+#### This will ignore the migration named 20230101000000_create_example_table from running and prompting for confirmation.
+```bash
+php artisan check-migrations --ignore=20230101000000_create_example_table
+```
+
+### Notes
+
+Ensure that your Laravel project is properly configured and migrations are set up correctly for this command to work effectively.
+
+Always review pending migrations before running them in production environments to prevent unintended consequences.
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+{
+    "name": "levizoesch/laravel-check-migrations",
+    "type": "project",
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "description": "A Laravel command scans your application for pending migrations, providing a clear overview of what needs to be migrated.\nYou can then choose to run individual migrations or skip them as needed, short-cutting and optimizing your development workflow.",
+    "keywords": [
+        "Levi Zoesch",
+        "laravel",
+        "laravel commands",
+        "laravel helpers",
+        "Laravel Check Migrations"
+    ],
+    "require": {
+        "php": "^7.0|^8.0"
+    },
+    "autoload": {
+        "psr-4" : {
+            "levizoesch\\checkmigrations\\": "src/"
+        }
+    },
+    "extra": {
+        "laravel": {
+            "providers": [
+                "levizoesch\\checkmigrations\\CheckMigrationsServiceProvider"
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/CheckMigrations.php b/src/CheckMigrations.php
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+<?php
+namespace levizoesch\checkmigrations;
+
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Artisan;
+use RecursiveDirectoryIterator;
+use RecursiveIteratorIterator;
+
+
+class CheckMigrations extends Command
+{
+    // skip flag is redundant as you would just run native
+    // migrate command, but kept for possible use for pipelines/automation
+    protected $signature = 'check-migrations
+                            {--skip : Skip confirmation and run migrations directly}
+                            {--ignore= : Specify migration name to ignore from running, and prompting for confirmation}';
+
+    protected $description = 'Check for unrun migrations';
+
+    public function handle(): void
+    {
+        $this->showPendingMigrations();
+    }
+
+    // Function to display pending migrations and optionally run them
+    private function showPendingMigrations(): void
+    {
+        $pendingMigrations = $this->getPendingMigrations();
+
+        foreach ($pendingMigrations as $migrationName) {
+            $this->info("Pending migration found: $migrationName");
+
+            if ($this->shouldRunMigration($migrationName)) {
+                $this->runMigration($migrationName);
+            } else {
+                $this->comment("The migration $migrationName was not run.");
+                $this->line("");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Function to retrieve a list of pending migrations
+    private function getPendingMigrations(): array
+    {
+        Artisan::call('migrate:status');
+
+        $output = trim(Artisan::output());
+        $lines = explode(PHP_EOL, $output);
+        $pendingMigrations = [];
+
+        foreach ($lines as $line) {
+            if (str_contains($line, 'Pending')) {
+                preg_match('/(\d{4}_\d{2}_\d{2}_\d{6}_\w+)/', $line, $matches);
+
+                if (!empty($matches[1])) {
+                    $pendingMigrations[] = $matches[1];
+                } else {
+                    $this->error("Unable to extract migration name from line: $line");
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $pendingMigrations;
+    }
+
+    // Function to determine whether to run a migration based on user confirmation or pipeline option
+    private function shouldRunMigration($migrationName): bool
+    {
+        $ignoreMigration = $this->option('ignore');
+
+        if ($ignoreMigration && $ignoreMigration === $migrationName) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        if ($this->option('skip')) {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        return $this->confirm("Are you sure you want to run the migration $migrationName?");
+    }
+
+    // Function to run a migration
+    private function runMigration($migrationName): void
+    {
+        $migrationPath = $this->findMigrationPath($migrationName);
+
+        if ($migrationPath) {
+            Artisan::call('migrate', ['--path' => $migrationPath]);
+            $this->line(Artisan::output());
+        } else {
+            $this->error("Migration file not found for $migrationName");
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Function to find the path of a migration file
+    private function findMigrationPath($migrationName)
+    {
+        $migrationFiles = $this->getMigrationFiles('database/migrations');
+
+        foreach ($migrationFiles as $file) {
+            if (strpos($file, $migrationName) !== false) {
+                return $file;
+            }
+        }
+
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    // Function to retrieve migration files within a directory
+    private function getMigrationFiles($directory): array
+    {
+        $files = [];
+        $iterator = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($directory));
+
+        foreach ($iterator as $file) {
+            if ($file->isFile() && $file->getExtension() === 'php') {
+                $files[] = $file->getPathname();
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $files;
+    }
+}
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+<?php
+namespace levizoesch\checkmigrations;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+use levizoesch\checkmigrations\CheckMigrations;
+
+class CheckMigrationsServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
+{
+
+    public function boot()
+    {
+        $this->commands([
+            CheckMigrations::class
+        ]);
+    }
+}