Clone BelongsToMany relation: Add new rows

[ahoiroman]

Hello,

I got this model:

<?php

namespace App;

[...]

class Item extends Model
{
    use Cloneable;

    protected $cloneable_relations = ['category', 'children'];

    /**
     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\BelongsTo
     */
    public function category()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(Category::class);
    }

    /**
     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\belongsToMany
     */
    public function children(): belongsToMany
    {
        return $this->belongsToMany(Child::class)
            ->withPivot('value')->withTimestamps();
    }

}

Now if I do Item::first()->duplicate(), the category is cloned as new row - but the children are not. I understand the docs that tell me that this is not possible on many to many: But it would be nice if it would be optional. Any ideas on that?

[weotch]

You could use the onCloning() handler or the events Cloner fires to add logic that would copy the relationships on your many to many.