spatie/laravel-backup

• fix constraints so the latest version of spatie/temporary-backup can be pulled in

• fix bug where entire backup disk would be ignored for backups

• improve handling of temporary directory

• fix typehint of setMaximumStorageUsageInMegabytes

• add compatibility for Laravel 5.4

• fix bugs in passing values from the database dump config to the db dumpers

• fix error where filename option would not be respected in the BackupCommand

• fix errors when app.name is empty

• fix excluding paths of symlinked directories

• added filename_prefix to config file

• added BackupZipCreated event

• added the ability to use a read-only host for db backups

• use 24h clock when determining names for the zipfile.

• fix for performance problems when backing up a large number of files

• various bugfixes for the backup monitor

• fix for dumping of databases than run on custom ports

• removed custom notification system in favor of Laravel 5.3's native notifications
• made it easier to pass custom arguments to the database dumpers
• refactored most classes
• dropped PHP 5 support

• added L5.3 compatibility

• refactored some code so backing up only writes to a disk without reading from it

• made backup filename configurable

• added telegram sender

• fixed wrong comment in the config file

• vastly reduce memory usage and speed up backup

• the backup:list command now highlights the problems with a backupdestination when it is unhealty

• refactor FileSelection in an attempt to reduce memory usage

• fix for missing followLinks option after running composer update

• added an option to determine if symlinks should be followed when selecting files

• refactored wildcard support

• add support for wildcards in excluding paths

• add support for dumping a mysql db using a single transaction

• fixed the capitalization of CleanupWasSuccessful

• the port configuration of a postgresql db will now be used when dumping the db

• the port configuration of a mysql db will now be used when dumping the db

• fixed the --only-to-disk option in backup:run

• added the ability to use inserts when dumping a PostgreSQL db

• fixed a bug where the error events would not hold the exceptions in the right variable

• excluded node_modules in default backup configuration

• fix bug in service provider

• made sure that, when a notifier fails, the other notifiers wil still get called

• fixed a typo in the config file

• added pushover sender

• added an option to specify a timeout for the database dumpers
• fixed a bug where notifications for certain events would not be sent

• added an option to specify a custom mysqldump or pg_dump path, by adding dump_command_path in the database configuration file, for that particular database

• upped the required version of db-dumper to a bug free version

• fixed backup:list-command

This version contains a bug, that pops up when running backup:list. Please upgrade to 3.1.1

• added support for PostgreSQL
• added an option to the backup command to backup only to a specified diskname
• renamed filesystems to disks in the config file, console output, events and error messages (in a non-breaking way, the old "filesystems" key will still work)

• improve the console output

• fixed the monitor command in Laravel 5.1 apps

• make backup destinations more robust when using non existing file systems

• added console output when a backup command fails

• fixed a bug in the mail and slack notification senders

Complete rewrite with lots of new features:

• added a new strategy to clean up old backups
• added a monitor to check the health of the backups
• added notifications to keep you informed about the status of the backups
• databases will now be dumped using the separate spatie/db-dumper package
• full documentation is now provided on https://docs.spatie.be/laravel-backup

• Add list-command
• Make the dump_command_path-option a bit more robust

• Fix installation error when using Symfony 3