New: upgrade instructions when installing or upgrading composer packages.

app/Console/Commands/UpgradeFireflyInstructions.php

@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace FireflyIII\Console\Commands;
+
+use Config;
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+
+/**
+ * Class UpgradeFireflyInstructions
+ *
+ * @package FireflyIII\Console\Commands
+ */
+class UpgradeFireflyInstructions extends Command
+{
+    /**
+     * The name and signature of the console command.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $signature = 'firefly:upgrade-instructions';
+
+    /**
+     * The console command description.
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $description = 'Command description';
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new command instance.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function __construct()
+    {
+        parent::__construct();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the console command.
+     *
+     * @return mixed
+     */
+    public function handle()
+    {
+        //
+        $version = Config::get('firefly.version');
+        $config  = Config::get('upgrade.text');
+        $text    = isset($config[$version]) ? $config[$version] : null;
+
+        $this->line('+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+');
+        $this->line('');
+
+        if (is_null($text)) {
+            $this->line('Thank you for installing Firefly III, v' . $version);
+            $this->info('There are no extra upgrade instructions.');
+            $this->line('Firefly III should be ready for use.');
+        } else {
+            $this->line('Thank you for installing Firefly III, v' . $version);
+            $this->line('Please follow these upgrade instructions carefully.');
+            $this->info(wordwrap($text));
+        }
+
+        $this->line('');
+        $this->line('+------------------------------------------------------------------------------+');
+    }
+}

app/Console/Kernel.php

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 
 namespace FireflyIII\Console;
 
+use FireflyIII\Console\Commands\UpgradeFireflyInstructions;
 use Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Schedule;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Console\Kernel as ConsoleKernel;
 
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@ class Kernel extends ConsoleKernel
      */
     protected $commands
         = [
+            UpgradeFireflyInstructions::class
         ];
 
     /**

config/firefly.php

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 return [
     'chart'              => 'chartjs',
-    'version'            => '3.6.1',
+    'version'            => '3.7.0',
     'index_periods'      => ['1D', '1W', '1M', '3M', '6M', '1Y', 'custom'],
     'budget_periods'     => ['daily', 'weekly', 'monthly', 'quarterly', 'half-year', 'yearly'],
     'csv_import_enabled' => true,

config/upgrade.php

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * upgrade.php
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Sander Dorigo
+ *
+ * This software may be modified and distributed under the terms
+ * of the MIT license.  See the LICENSE file for details.
+ */
+
+
+return [
+    'text' => [
+        '3.7.0' => 'Because of the upgrade to Laravel 5.2, several manual changes must be made to your Firefly III installation. ' .
+                   'Please follow the instructions on the following page: https://github.com/JC5/firefly-iii/wiki/Upgrade-to-3.7.0'],
+];