scaffold laravel 12 backend

composer create-project laravel/laravel + artisan install:api.
sanctum removed (custom session-cookie auth per ai/backend-context).
personal_access_tokens migration + config/sanctum.php deleted.
default .gitignore excludes vendor/, .env, etc - composer install
recreates vendor at setup time.

backend/public/.htaccess

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+<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
+    <IfModule mod_negotiation.c>
+        Options -MultiViews -Indexes
+    </IfModule>
+
+    RewriteEngine On
+
+    # Handle Authorization Header
+    RewriteCond %{HTTP:Authorization} .
+    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_AUTHORIZATION:%{HTTP:Authorization}]
+
+    # Handle X-XSRF-Token Header
+    RewriteCond %{HTTP:x-xsrf-token} .
+    RewriteRule .* - [E=HTTP_X_XSRF_TOKEN:%{HTTP:X-XSRF-Token}]
+
+    # Redirect Trailing Slashes If Not A Folder...
+    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
+    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} (.+)/$
+    RewriteRule ^ %1 [L,R=301]
+
+    # Send Requests To Front Controller...
+    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
+    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
+    RewriteRule ^ index.php [L]
+</IfModule>