Normalize use of attributes property and constructor across all models

.gitignore

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 ._*
 .\#*
 \#*
+.ac-php-conf.json
 /build
 /node_modules
 /public/hot

app/Client.php

@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@ class Client extends Model
 {
     use SoftDeletes, Search;
 
+    /**
+     * Default values for newly-created instances.
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $attributes = [];
+
     /**
      * Fields that can be used for searching.
      *
@@ -126,6 +133,16 @@ function ($join) {
         return $builder;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set instance defaults.
+     *
+     * @param array $attributes The key-value array to populate.
+     */
+    public function __construct(array $attributes = [])
+    {
+        parent::__construct($attributes);
+    }
+
     /**
      * At-a-glance numbers that summarize a client in various ways.
      */

app/Estimate.php

@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ class Estimate extends Model
 {
     use SoftDeletes, Search;
 
+    /**
+     * Default values for newly-created instances.
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $attributes = [];
+
     /**
      * Map of states an estimate can be assigned to a human-readable label.
      *
@@ -100,6 +107,16 @@ public static function listing(Builder $builder)
         return $builder;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set instance defaults.
+     *
+     * @param array $attributes The key-value array to populate.
+     */
+    public function __construct(array $attributes = [])
+    {
+        parent::__construct($attributes);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Users associated with the client.
      *

app/Invoice.php

@@ -226,21 +226,24 @@ public static function listing(Builder $builder)
      */
     public function __construct(array $attributes = [])
     {
+        parent::__construct($attributes);
+
         $now = new Carbon();
 
-        $this->attributes = [
-            'sent' => $now,
-            'start' => $now->copy()->subDays(30),
-            'end' => $now,
-            'due' => $now->copy()->addDays(30),
-            'amount' => 0,
-        ];
+        $this->attributes = array_merge(
+            $this->attributes,
+            [
+                'sent' => $now,
+                'start' => $now->copy()->subDays(30),
+                'end' => $now,
+                'due' => $now->copy()->addDays(30),
+                'amount' => 0,
+            ],
+        );
 
         while ($this->due->isWeekend()) {
             $this->due = $this->due->addDays(1);
         }
-
-        parent::__construct($attributes);
     }
 
 

app/Project.php

@@ -20,6 +20,13 @@ class Project extends Model
 {
     use SoftDeletes, Search;
 
+    /**
+     * Default values for newly-created instances.
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $attributes = [];
+
     /**
      * Fields that can be used for searching.
      *
@@ -100,6 +107,16 @@ class Project extends Model
         'lastActive',
     ];
 
+    /**
+     * Set instance defaults.
+     *
+     * @param array $attributes The key-value array to populate.
+     */
+    public function __construct(array $attributes = [])
+    {
+        parent::__construct($attributes);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Custom accessor for allottedTotalMinutes specified in hours
      *

app/Tag.php

@@ -10,6 +10,13 @@
 class Tag extends Model
 {
 
+    /**
+     * Default values for newly-created instances.
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $attributes = [];
+
     /**
      * This model does not have created_at and updated_at fields.
      *
@@ -24,6 +31,16 @@ class Tag extends Model
      */
     protected $fillable = ['name'];
 
+    /**
+     * Set instance defaults.
+     *
+     * @param array $attributes The key-value array to populate.
+     */
+    public function __construct(array $attributes = [])
+    {
+        parent::__construct($attributes);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Time entries associated with a tag.
      */

app/Time.php

@@ -29,10 +29,7 @@ class Time extends Model
      *
      * @var array
      */
-    protected $attributes = [
-        'minutes' => 0,
-        'billable' => true,
-    ];
+    protected $attributes = [];
 
     /**
      * When a time entry is updated, mark its project as updated as well.
@@ -147,6 +144,27 @@ public static function listing(Builder $builder)
         return $builder;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set instance defaults.
+     *
+     * @param array $attributes The key-value array to populate.
+     */
+    public function __construct(array $attributes = [])
+    {
+        parent::__construct($attributes);
+
+        $now = new Carbon();
+
+        $this->attributes = array_merge(
+            $this->attributes,
+            [
+                'start' => $now,
+                'minutes' => 0,
+                'billable' => true,
+            ]
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * Query scope to restrict to in-progress, unfinished records.
      *

app/User.php

@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@ class User extends Authenticatable
 {
     use Notifiable, AsMenu;
 
+    /**
+     * Default values for newly-created instances.
+     *
+     * @var array
+     */
+    protected $attributes = [];
+
     /**
      * The database table used by the model.
      *
@@ -55,6 +62,16 @@ class User extends Authenticatable
         'updated_at',
     ];
 
+    /**
+     * Set instance defaults.
+     *
+     * @param array $attributes The key-value array to populate.
+     */
+    public function __construct(array $attributes = [])
+    {
+        parent::__construct($attributes);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Clients associated with the user.
      *