【Laravel5.4】migration機能を用いたテーブルのカラム名変更方法 ref: https://qiita.com/sola-msr/items/510a5eedb2f83211256b

file0.txt

vagrant@vm:~/app$ php artisan make:migration rename_birth_to_birthdate_on_contacts_table --table=contacts

file1.php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;

class RenameBirthToBirthdateOnContactsTable extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::table('contacts', function (Blueprint $table) {
          //
        });
    }

    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::table('contacts', function (Blueprint $table) {
          //
        });
    }
}

file2.php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;

class RenameBirthToBirthdateOnContactsTable extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::table('contacts', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->renameColumn('birth', 'birth_date');
        });
    }

    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::table('contacts', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->renameColumn('birth_date', 'birth');
        });
    }
}

file3.txt

vagrant@vm:~/app$ php artisan migrate

file4.txt

vagrant@vm:~/app$ php artisan make:migration --help
Usage:
  make:migration [options] [--] <name>

Arguments:
  name                   The name of the migration.

Options:
      --create[=CREATE]  The table to be created.
      --table[=TABLE]    The table to migrate.
      --path[=PATH]      The location where the migration file should be created.
  -h, --help             Display this help message
  -q, --quiet            Do not output any message
  -V, --version          Display this application version
      --ansi             Force ANSI output
      --no-ansi          Disable ANSI output
  -n, --no-interaction   Do not ask any interactive question
      --env[=ENV]        The environment the command should run under
  -v|vv|vvv, --verbose   Increase the verbosity of messages: 1 for normal output, 2 for more verbose output and 3 for debug

Help:
  Create a new migration file