diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 11839c3e..2e7a3824 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 ## (WIP) v0.9.0
 
+- Added `Record.OriginalCopy()` method that returns a new `Record` copy populated with the initially loaded record data (useful if you want to compare old and new field values).
+
 - Added new event hooks:
   ```go
   app.OnBeforeBootstrap()
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@
   migrationsDir := "" // default to "pb_migrations" (for js) and "migrations" (for go)
 
   // load js files if you want to allow loading external JavaScript migrations
-  jsvm.MustRegisterMigrationsLoader(app, &jsvm.MigrationsLoaderOptions{
+  jsvm.MustRegisterMigrations(app, &jsvm.MigrationsOptions{
     Dir: migrationsDir,
   })
 
diff --git a/examples/base/main.go b/examples/base/main.go
index 92fd20d2..7af1d144 100644
--- a/examples/base/main.go
+++ b/examples/base/main.go
@@ -3,11 +3,14 @@ package main
 import (
 	"log"
 	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase"
+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/apis"
+	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/core"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/plugins/jsvm"
 	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/plugins/migratecmd"
-	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/plugins/publicdir"
 )
 
 func main() {
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ func main() {
 	app.RootCmd.PersistentFlags().StringVar(
 		&publicDir,
 		"publicDir",
-		"",
+		defaultPublicDir(),
 		"the directory to serve static files",
 	)
 
@@ -52,11 +55,11 @@ func main() {
 	app.RootCmd.ParseFlags(os.Args[1:])
 
 	// ---------------------------------------------------------------
-	// Plugins:
+	// Plugins and hooks:
 	// ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
 	// load js pb_migrations
-	jsvm.MustRegisterMigrationsLoader(app, &jsvm.MigrationsLoaderOptions{
+	jsvm.MustRegisterMigrations(app, &jsvm.MigrationsOptions{
 		Dir: migrationsDir,
 	})
 
@@ -67,13 +70,22 @@ func main() {
 		Dir:          migrationsDir,
 	})
 
-	// pb_public dir
-	publicdir.MustRegister(app, &publicdir.Options{
-		Dir:           publicDir,
-		IndexFallback: indexFallback,
+	app.OnBeforeServe().Add(func(e *core.ServeEvent) error {
+		// serves static files from the provided public dir (if exists)
+		e.Router.GET("/*", apis.StaticDirectoryHandler(os.DirFS(publicDir), indexFallback))
+		return nil
 	})
 
 	if err := app.Start(); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
 	}
 }
+
+// the default pb_public dir location is relative to the executable
+func defaultPublicDir() string {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(os.Args[0], os.TempDir()) {
+		// most likely ran with go run
+		return "./pb_public"
+	}
+	return filepath.Join(os.Args[0], "../pb_public")
+}
diff --git a/plugins/jsvm/migrations.go b/plugins/jsvm/migrations.go
index 04087f9e..754c92c2 100644
--- a/plugins/jsvm/migrations.go
+++ b/plugins/jsvm/migrations.go
@@ -11,46 +11,46 @@ import (
 	m "github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/migrations"
 )
 
-// MigrationsLoaderOptions defines optional struct to customize the default plugin behavior.
-type MigrationsLoaderOptions struct {
+// MigrationsOptions defines optional struct to customize the default migrations loader behavior.
+type MigrationsOptions struct {
 	// Dir specifies the directory with the JS migrations.
 	//
 	// If not set it fallbacks to a relative "pb_data/../pb_migrations" directory.
 	Dir string
 }
 
-// migrationsLoader is the plugin definition.
-// Usually it is instantiated via RegisterMigrationsLoader or MustRegisterMigrationsLoader.
-type migrationsLoader struct {
+// migrations is the migrations loader plugin definition.
+// Usually it is instantiated via RegisterMigrations or MustRegisterMigrations.
+type migrations struct {
 	app     core.App
-	options *MigrationsLoaderOptions
+	options *MigrationsOptions
 }
 
 //
-// MustRegisterMigrationsLoader registers the plugin to the provided
-// app instance and panics if it fails.
+// MustRegisterMigrations registers the migrations loader plugin to
+// the provided app instance and panics if it fails.
 //
-// It it calls RegisterMigrationsLoader(app, options)
+// Internally it calls RegisterMigrations(app, options).
 //
 // If options is nil, by default the js files from pb_data/migrations are loaded.
 // Set custom options.Dir if you want to change it to some other directory.
-func MustRegisterMigrationsLoader(app core.App, options *MigrationsLoaderOptions) {
-	if err := RegisterMigrationsLoader(app, options); err != nil {
+func MustRegisterMigrations(app core.App, options *MigrationsOptions) {
+	if err := RegisterMigrations(app, options); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 }
 
-// RegisterMigrationsLoader registers the plugin to the provided app instance.
+// RegisterMigrations registers the plugin to the provided app instance.
 //
 // If options is nil, by default the js files from pb_data/migrations are loaded.
 // Set custom options.Dir if you want to change it to some other directory.
-func RegisterMigrationsLoader(app core.App, options *MigrationsLoaderOptions) error {
-	l := &migrationsLoader{app: app}
+func RegisterMigrations(app core.App, options *MigrationsOptions) error {
+	l := &migrations{app: app}
 
 	if options != nil {
 		l.options = options
 	} else {
-		l.options = &MigrationsLoaderOptions{}
+		l.options = &MigrationsOptions{}
 	}
 
 	if l.options.Dir == "" {
diff --git a/plugins/migratecmd/migratecmd_test.go b/plugins/migratecmd/migratecmd_test.go
index 95074a14..8264341b 100644
--- a/plugins/migratecmd/migratecmd_test.go
+++ b/plugins/migratecmd/migratecmd_test.go
@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ func init() {
 
 		// save the changes and trigger automigrate
 		if err := app.Dao().SaveCollection(collection); err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("[%d] Failed to delete dummy collection, got %v", i, err)
+			t.Fatalf("[%d] Failed to save dummy collection changes, got %v", i, err)
 		}
 
 		files, err := os.ReadDir(migrationsDir)
@@ -695,3 +695,52 @@ func init() {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestAutomigrateCollectionNoChanges(t *testing.T) {
+	scenarios := []struct {
+		lang string
+	}{
+		{
+			migratecmd.TemplateLangJS,
+		},
+		{
+			migratecmd.TemplateLangGo,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for i, s := range scenarios {
+		app, _ := tests.NewTestApp()
+		defer app.Cleanup()
+
+		migrationsDir := filepath.Join(app.DataDir(), "_test_migrations")
+
+		migratecmd.MustRegister(app, nil, &migratecmd.Options{
+			TemplateLang: s.lang,
+			Automigrate:  true,
+			Dir:          migrationsDir,
+		})
+
+		// create dummy collection
+		collection := &models.Collection{}
+		collection.Name = "test123"
+		collection.Type = models.CollectionTypeAuth
+
+		// use different dao to avoid triggering automigrate while saving the dummy collection
+		if err := daos.New(app.DB()).SaveCollection(collection); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("[%d] Failed to save dummy collection, got %v", i, err)
+		}
+
+		// @todo remove after collections cache is replaced
+		app.Bootstrap()
+
+		// resave without changes and trigger automigrate
+		if err := app.Dao().SaveCollection(collection); err != nil {
+			t.Fatalf("[%d] Failed to save dummy collection update, got %v", i, err)
+		}
+
+		files, _ := os.ReadDir(migrationsDir)
+		if total := len(files); total != 0 {
+			t.Fatalf("[%d] Expected 0 files to be generated, got %d", i, total)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/plugins/publicdir/publicdir.go b/plugins/publicdir/publicdir.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 5152e278..00000000
--- a/plugins/publicdir/publicdir.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-// Example
-//
-// 	publicdir.MustRegister(app, &publicdir.Options{
-// 		FlagsCmd:      app.RootCmd,
-// 		IndexFallback: false,
-// 	})
-package publicdir
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"strings"
-
-	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/apis"
-	"github.com/pocketbase/pocketbase/core"
-)
-
-type Options struct {
-	Dir           string
-	IndexFallback bool
-}
-
-type plugin struct {
-	app     core.App
-	options *Options
-}
-
-func MustRegister(app core.App, options *Options) {
-	if err := Register(app, options); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
-	}
-}
-
-func Register(app core.App, options *Options) error {
-	p := &plugin{app: app}
-
-	if options != nil {
-		p.options = options
-	} else {
-		p.options = &Options{}
-	}
-
-	if options.Dir == "" {
-		options.Dir = defaultPublicDir()
-	}
-
-	p.app.OnBeforeServe().Add(func(e *core.ServeEvent) error {
-		// serves static files from the provided public dir (if exists)
-		e.Router.GET("/*", apis.StaticDirectoryHandler(os.DirFS(options.Dir), options.IndexFallback))
-
-		return nil
-	})
-
-	return nil
-}
-
-func defaultPublicDir() string {
-	if strings.HasPrefix(os.Args[0], os.TempDir()) {
-		// most likely ran with go run
-		return "./pb_public"
-	}
-	return filepath.Join(os.Args[0], "../pb_public")
-}