When I started this project, I renamed specific migration files to start with 9999, so I would assure they ran last when running a fresh migration.

I soon found this was a mistake, because now I have over 200 migration files and every time I create a new migration that inserts default data I have to rename my migration file. Long story short, I should have just left my migration files to run sequentially and not altered them.

What I am trying to do now is move all my existing migrations to a new folder, then run that folder first and all other migrations after that. This way I don't need to change all 200+ database records and file names and all new migrations would just run as they should have.

[![enter image description here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PJifz.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PJifz.png)

Im not sure if this is even possible or is there a better way?