Extending Laravel 5 Blueprint for MySqlConnection

app.php.diff

diff --git a/config/app.php b/config/app.php
index fa5c8c2..14ba8b3 100644
--- a/config/app.php
+++ b/config/app.php
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ return [
+        App\Providers\MysqlServiceProvider::class,
    ],
~

Blueprint.php

<?php

namespace App\Database\Schema;

use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint as ParentBlueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;

/**
 * Class Blueprint
 *
 * @package App\Database\Schema
 */
class Blueprint extends ParentBlueprint
{
    /**
     * Add creation and update timestamps with defaults to the table.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function timestamps()
    {
        $this->timestamp('created_at')->default(DB::raw('CURRENT_TIMESTAMP'));
        $this->timestamp('updated_at')->default(DB::raw('CURRENT_TIMESTAMP on update CURRENT_TIMESTAMP'));
    }
}

MySqlConnection.php

<?php

namespace App\Database;

use App\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Database\MySqlConnection as ParentMySqlConnection;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\MySqlBuilder;

/**
 * Class MySqlConnection
 *
 * @package App\Database
 */
class MySqlConnection extends ParentMySqlConnection
{
    /**
     * Get a schema builder instance for the connection.
     * Set {@see \App\Database\Schema\Blueprint} for connection
     * Blueprint resolver
     *
     * @return \Illuminate\Database\Schema\MySqlBuilder
     */
    public function getSchemaBuilder()
    {
        if (is_null($this->schemaGrammar)) {
            $this->useDefaultSchemaGrammar();
        }

        $builder = new MySqlBuilder($this);
        $builder->blueprintResolver(function ($table, $callback) {
            return new Blueprint($table, $callback);
        });

        return $builder;
    }
}

MysqlServiceProvider.php

<?php

namespace App\Providers;

use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;

/**
 * Class MysqlServiceProvider
 *
 * @package App\Providers
 */
class MysqlServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
{
    
    /**
     * @see App\Database\MySqlConnection
     */
    public function register()
    {
        $this->app->bind('db.connection.mysql', App\Database\MySqlConnection::class);
    }
}