docs: Document the tail field option for inherited models#699
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Use a noun-shaped heading consistent with the neighbouring sections, give the example hierarchy names that read naturally, and state the motivation for the keyword before the syntax.
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Summary
Model fields can now be marked with
tailso they are ordered after every normal field of an inheritance hierarchy. This is what keeps audit fields likecreatedAtandupdatedAtat the end of a generated class instead of in front of the child's own fields. Neither the inheritance page nor the model reference mentioned it.Changes
tailsyntax and how it combines with other field options.tailcannot be used onid.tailaffects generated code only and does not produce a column-reordering migration.tail (fields)row to the model reference table.Reference