Improvements to database migrations

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This an "epic" issue for the theme of miscellaneous improvements to Migrations. Specific pieces of work will be tracked by linked issues.

Done in 6.0

• Allow defining column order via [ColumnAttribute.Order] when creating tables #10059
• Preserve DeleteBehavior when scaffolding a database created by EF Core #21252

Done in 7.0

• Add inheritdoc to migration files #10695
• Add a warning when store-generated PK is not supported #11162
• SQL Server Migrations: Handle AlterColumn(nullable: false) #21765

Backlog

• Design: Modernize generated C# #14545
• Enable nullability in migrations and model snapshots #18950
• Allow FKs to exist in the model but avoid creating them in the database #15854
• Support "unconstrained" foreign key relationships #13146
• Allow alternate keys to exist in the model but avoid creating them in the database #28226
• Migrations: Provider-rendered annotations in code #6546
• Make it easier to flow custom annotations through to Migrations #10258
• Rebuild column when migrating from computed to non-computed #14075
• Add a way to specify mapping for migrations data operations #11548
• Migrations are too aggressive on RenameColumn #15178
• Migrations: SnapshotModelProcessor not used when generating SQL #18708
• Stream migration commands #19710
• Can't convert byte[] to string #20159
• Migrations script: wrap queries in sp_executesql when using --idempotent #27729
• Idempotent Migrations on HasDefaultValueSql or HasComputedColumnSql with line breaks adds whitespace #20391
• Support for data masking in sql server provider #20592
• Consider adding AlterIndexOperation to Migrations #20692
• Consider using Verbatim String Generation if absolutely sure will not contain linebreaks #20723
• Create check constraints for columns that are only conditionally nullable #20931
• Throw a better exception message when attempting to use LocalDB with memory-optimized tables #21779
• Don't scaffold unnecessary "Navigation" calls in the snapshot #21964
• Migrations: Allow access to IServiceProvider #10660
• Migrations: Use caller information for better errors #22515
• Tools: Add -WhatIf parameter to Update-Database #1775
• SqlServer Migrations: Rebuild primary keys when column type changed #16758
• Reset Identity column in migration if seed or increment changes #16964
• SqlServer Migrations: Rebuild column when IDENTITY changes #2100
• SqlServer Migrations: Rebuild primary keys when column collation changes #26115
• SqlServer Migrations: Rebuild foreign keys #12586
• SqlServer Migrations: Rebuild check constraints #18965
• Drop/create SQLite columns when changing column type to something not convertible #22598
• SQLite - Can't insert null into TIMESTAMP column #20475