how can i create an initial version for an already existing model entry?

[iateadonut]

The package only creates a version on update, and that version is equal to the current values in the database.

How can I create a version without updating so that if I'm adding this package to an already existing application, I can keep the current entries as versions?

Something like $model->createCurrentVersion().

[nonoesp]

Hi, @iateadonut!

That feature doesn't exist at the moment.

It could be implemented — maybe $mode->createVersion(), as you said — as a public method of the VersionableTrait.

I'm open to pull requests for this, but I have limited bandwidth to maintain this package.

A quick-and-dirty solution would be making a minimal change to one of the versionable fields in your models and saving to force the package to save that as the first version.

Kindly,

Nono

[iateadonut]

hi, thanks for responding so quickly.

i wrote these functions in an extended trait - take a quick look and let me know if you see any problems and if you'd like me to make a PR for this:

public static function initializeVersionOnAllRows()
{
    foreach (self::all() as $obj) {
        $obj->createInitialVersion();
    }
    return true;
}

/**
 * Save a new version.
 * @return void
 */
public function createInitialVersion()
{
    if(true === $this->versions->isEmpty()) {

        $class                     = $this->getVersionClass();
        $version                   = new $class();
        $version->versionable_id   = $this->getKey();
        $version->versionable_type = method_exists($this, 'getMorphClass') ? $this->getMorphClass() : get_class($this);
        $version->user_id          = $this->getAuthUserId();
        
        $versionedHiddenFields = $this->versionedHiddenFields ?? [];
        $this->makeVisible($versionedHiddenFields);
        $version->model_data       = serialize($this->attributesToArray());
        $this->makeHidden($versionedHiddenFields);

        if (!empty( $this->reason )) {
            $version->reason = $this->reason;
        }

        $version->save();
    }
}

[iateadonut]

created this pull request: #100