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A lightweight Laravel package that provides Artisan commands to generate Repository classes following a clean and extendable pattern. Supports optional model binding and integrated model creation.

📦 Installation

Require the package via Composer:

composer require rakib-587/laravel-make-repository

If you're using Laravel <10 and auto-discovery doesn't work, manually register the service provider in config/app.php:

'providers' => [
    Rakib\MakeRepository\MakeRepositoryServiceProvider::class,
],

⚙️ Usage

➤ Create a Repository for an Existing Model

php artisan make:repository User

This will generate:

• app/Repositories/UserRepository.php
• Uses App\Models\User as the associated model (automatically inferred)

➤ Create a Repository with an Explicit Model

php artisan make:repository Customer --model=User

This allows you to manually specify the model class to be used inside the repository.

➤ Create a Model with a Repository in One Command

php artisan make:model Product --repo

This command:

• Creates app/Models/Product.php
• Creates app/Repositories/ProductRepository.php
• Links the repository to the model automatically

🧩 Customizing the Stub

The repository class is generated using a stub file that defines its structure and placeholders.

By default, the command looks for a local stub file in your Laravel project:

stubs/repository.stub

If the file does not exist, it will gracefully fall back to using the default stub provided by the package.

✏️ How to Customize

To customize the repository structure, first publish the stub file into your project:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=make-repository-stubs

This will copy the stub to:

stubs/repository.stub

You can now edit the stub to change the generated structure.

Available placeholders:

• {{ ClassName }} — The name of the generated repository class (e.g., UserRepository)
• {{ ModelName }} — The associated model class (e.g., User)

Once the stub exists in your project, it will automatically be used for all future repository generations.

📁 Output Structure Example

When you run:

php artisan make:repository Order

You'll get:

// app/Repositories/OrderRepository.php

namespace App\Repositories;

use App\Models\Order;
use Rakib\MakeRepository\Repository;

class OrderRepository extends Repository
{
    public static function model()
    {
        return Order::class;
    }
}

📄 License

This package is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license.

🙌 Author

Md Rakibul Islam
GitHub: @rakib-587