[7.x] Ability to skip a middleware from route registration

src/Illuminate/Routing/Route.php

@@ -931,6 +931,29 @@ public function middleware($middleware = null)
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Set which middleware(s) to skip.
+     *
+     * @param  array|string|null $middleware
+     * @return $this|array
+     */
+    public function skipMiddleware($middleware = null)
+    {
+        if (is_null($middleware)) {
+            return (array) ($this->action['skip_middleware'] ?? []);
+        }
+
+        if (is_string($middleware)) {
+            $middleware = func_get_args();
+        }
+
+        $this->action['skip_middleware'] = array_merge(
+            (array) ($this->action['skip_middleware'] ?? []), $middleware
+        );
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Get the middleware for the route's controller.
      *

src/Illuminate/Routing/Router.php

@@ -697,7 +697,9 @@ public function gatherRouteMiddleware(Route $route)
     {
         $middleware = collect($route->gatherMiddleware())->map(function ($name) {
             return (array) MiddlewareNameResolver::resolve($name, $this->middleware, $this->middlewareGroups);
-        })->flatten();
+        })->flatten()->reject(function ($name) use ($route) {
+            return in_array($name, $route->skipMiddleware(), true);
+        });
 
         return $this->sortMiddleware($middleware);
     }

tests/Routing/RouteRegistrarTest.php

@@ -60,6 +60,17 @@ public function testMiddlewareFluentRegistration()
         $this->assertEquals(['seven'], $this->getRoute()->middleware());
     }
 
+    public function testSkipMiddlewareRegistration()
+    {
+        $this->router->middleware(['one', 'two'])->get('users', function () {
+            return 'all-users';
+        })->skipMiddleware('one');
+
+        $this->seeResponse('all-users', Request::create('users', 'GET'));
+
+        $this->assertEquals(['one'], $this->getRoute()->skipMiddleware());
+    }
+
     public function testCanRegisterGetRouteWithClosureAction()
     {
         $this->router->middleware('get-middleware')->get('users', function () {

tests/Routing/RoutingRouteTest.php

@@ -193,6 +193,18 @@ public function testClosureMiddleware()
         $this->assertSame('caught', $router->dispatch(Request::create('foo/bar', 'GET'))->getContent());
     }
 
+    public function testMiddlewareCanBeSkipped()
+    {
+        $router = $this->getRouter();
+        $router->aliasMiddleware('web', RoutingTestMiddlewareGroupTwo::class);
+
+        $router->get('foo/bar', ['middleware' => 'web', function () {
+            return 'hello';
+        }])->skipMiddleware(RoutingTestMiddlewareGroupTwo::class);
+
+        $this->assertEquals('hello', $router->dispatch(Request::create('foo/bar', 'GET'))->getContent());
+    }
+
     public function testMiddlewareWorksIfControllerThrowsHttpResponseException()
     {
         // Before calling controller