diff --git a/phpBB/develop/migration_tips.php b/phpBB/develop/migration_tips.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51a579bdb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpBB/develop/migration_tips.php
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+/**
+*
+* @package phpBB3
+* @copyright (c) 2013 phpBB Group
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License v2
+*
+*/
+
+// This is to help with creating migration files for new versions
+// Use this to find what migrations are not depended on by any other migration
+//  (the current migration tree tips)
+
+define('IN_PHPBB', true);
+$phpbb_root_path = (defined('PHPBB_ROOT_PATH')) ? PHPBB_ROOT_PATH : './../';
+$phpEx = substr(strrchr(__FILE__, '.'), 1);
+include($phpbb_root_path . 'common.' . $phpEx);
+
+$phpbb_extension_manager = $phpbb_container->get('ext.manager');
+$finder = $phpbb_extension_manager->get_finder();
+
+$migrations = $finder
+	->core_path('phpbb/db/migration/data/')
+	->get_classes();
+$tips = $migrations;
+
+foreach ($migrations as $migration_class)
+{
+	foreach ($migration_class::depends_on() as $dependency)
+	{
+		if (($tips_key = array_search($dependency, $tips)) !== false)
+		{
+			unset($tips[$tips_key]);
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+foreach ($tips as $migration)
+{
+	echo "\t\t\t'{$migration}',\n";
+}
+
diff --git a/phpBB/phpbb/db/migration/data/v310/alpha1.php b/phpBB/phpbb/db/migration/data/v310/alpha1.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04f195daeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/phpBB/phpbb/db/migration/data/v310/alpha1.php
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?php
+/**
+*
+* @package migration
+* @copyright (c) 2013 phpBB Group
+* @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-license.php GNU Public License v2
+*
+*/
+
+namespace phpbb\db\migration\data\v310;
+
+class alpha1 extends \phpbb\db\migration\migration
+{
+	static public function depends_on()
+	{
+		return array(
+			'\phpbb\db\migration\data\v30x\local_url_bbcode',
+			'\phpbb\db\migration\data\v30x\release_3_0_12',
+			'\phpbb\db\migration\data\v310\acp_style_components_module',
+			'\phpbb\db\migration\data\v310\allow_cdn',
+			'\phpbb\db\migration\data\v310\auth_provider_oauth',
+			'\phpbb\db\migration\data\v310\avatars',
+			'\phpbb\db\migration\data\v310\boardindex',
+			'\phpbb\db\migration\data\v310\config_db_text',
+			'\phpbb\db\migration\data\v310\forgot_password',
+			'\phpbb\db\migration\data\v310\mod_rewrite',
+			'\phpbb\db\migration\data\v310\namespaces',
+			'\phpbb\db\migration\data\v310\notifications_cron',
+			'\phpbb\db\migration\data\v310\notification_options_reconvert',
+			'\phpbb\db\migration\data\v310\signature_module_auth',
+			'\phpbb\db\migration\data\v310\softdelete_mcp_modules',
+			'\phpbb\db\migration\data\v310\teampage',
+		);
+	}
+
+	public function update_data()
+	{
+		return array(
+			array('config.update', array('version', '3.1.0-a1')),
+		);
+	}
+}