Squashed commit of the following:

commit 7daedd241246bd11f371a8c93394796f8f5ec4cb
Author: Jonny Barnes <jonny@jonnybarnes.uk>
Date:   Fri Aug 11 21:01:17 2017 +0100

    Bring in the latest changes from upstream repo laravel/laravel

app/Http/Controllers/Auth/LoginController.php

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class LoginController extends Controller
     use AuthenticatesUsers;
 
     /**
-     * Where to redirect users after login / registration.
+     * Where to redirect users after login.
      *
      * @var string
      */
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ class LoginController extends Controller
      */
     public function __construct()
     {
-        $this->middleware('guest', ['except' => 'logout']);
+        $this->middleware('guest')->except('logout');
     }
 }

app/Http/Controllers/Auth/RegisterController.php

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class RegisterController extends Controller
     use RegistersUsers;
 
     /**
-     * Where to redirect users after login / registration.
+     * Where to redirect users after registration.
      *
      * @var string
      */
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@ class RegisterController extends Controller
     protected function validator(array $data)
     {
         return Validator::make($data, [
-            'name' => 'required|max:255',
-            'email' => 'required|email|max:255|unique:users',
-            'password' => 'required|min:6|confirmed',
+            'name' => 'required|string|max:255',
+            'email' => 'required|string|email|max:255|unique:users',
+            'password' => 'required|string|min:6|confirmed',
         ]);
     }
 

app/Http/Kernel.php

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class Kernel extends HttpKernel
             \App\Http\Middleware\EncryptCookies::class,
             \Illuminate\Cookie\Middleware\AddQueuedCookiesToResponse::class,
             \Illuminate\Session\Middleware\StartSession::class,
+            // \Illuminate\Session\Middleware\AuthenticateSession::class,
             \Illuminate\View\Middleware\ShareErrorsFromSession::class,
             \App\Http\Middleware\VerifyCsrfToken::class,
             \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\SubstituteBindings::class,
@@ -57,8 +58,8 @@ class Kernel extends HttpKernel
         'bindings' => \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\SubstituteBindings::class,
         'can' => \Illuminate\Auth\Middleware\Authorize::class,
         'guest' => \App\Http\Middleware\RedirectIfAuthenticated::class,
-        'myauth' => \App\Http\Middleware\MyAuthMiddleware::class,
         'throttle' => \Illuminate\Routing\Middleware\ThrottleRequests::class,
         'micropub.token' => \App\Http\Middleware\VerifyMicropubToken::class,
+        'myauth' => \App\Http\Middleware\MyAuthMiddleware::class,
     ];
 }

app/Http/Middleware/RedirectIfAuthenticated.php

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class RedirectIfAuthenticated
     public function handle($request, Closure $next, $guard = null)
     {
         if (Auth::guard($guard)->check()) {
-            return redirect('/');
+            return redirect('/home');
         }
 
         return $next($request);

app/Providers/AuthServiceProvider.php

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Providers;
 
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Support\Providers\AuthServiceProvider as ServiceProvider;
 
 class AuthServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider

app/Providers/EventServiceProvider.php

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ class EventServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
     ];
 
     /**
-     * Register any other events for your application.
+     * Register any events for your application.
      *
      * @return void
      */

app/Providers/RouteServiceProvider.php

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ class RouteServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
     /**
      * Define your route model bindings, pattern filters, etc.
      *
-     * @param  \Illuminate\Routing\Router  $router
      * @return void
      */
     public function boot()