Tools: Add -WhatIf parameter to Update-Database

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
30/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
csharp
Domain
database, tooling

Research direction

Start by tracing the Update-Database tool entry point and review related issue #577 to understand the intended dry-run behavior. Done means the command accepts -WhatIf and shows the migrations that would be applied without changing the database.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

area-migrations

This would show the migrations that would be applied to the database.

This functionality is also related to #577.

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