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arcanedev/composer
==================

Composer plugin for ARCANESOFT

1.6.0(7y ago)41.1k3MITPHPPHP >=7.1.0

Since Jun 17Pushed 7y ago2 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/ARCANEDEV/Composer)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/arcanedev/composer)[ Docs](https://github.com/ARCANEDEV/Composer)[ RSS](/packages/arcanedev-composer/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (4)Versions (21)Used By (3)

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[](#composer-plugin--)

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*By [ARCANEDEV©](http://www.arcanedev.net/)*

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
$ composer require arcanedev/composer
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
{
    "require": {
        "arcanedev/composer": "~1.0"
    },
    "extra": {
        "merge-plugin": {
            "include": [
                "composer.local.json",
                "modules/*/composer.json"
            ],
            "recurse":     true,
            "replace":     false,
            "merge-dev":   true,
            "merge-extra": false
        }
    }
}
```

### Plugin configuration

[](#plugin-configuration)

The plugin reads its configuration from the `merge-plugin` section of your composer.json's `extra` section.

An `include` setting is required to tell Composer Plugin which file(s) going to be merged.

Contribution
------------

[](#contribution)

Any ideas are welcome. Feel free to submit any issues or pull requests, please check the [contribution guidelines](CONTRIBUTING.md).

Credit
------

[](#credit)

This package is based on .

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity18

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~71 days

Recently: every ~274 days

Total

20

Last Release

2636d ago

PHP version history (5 changes)1.0.0PHP >=5.3.2

1.0.1PHP >=5.4.0

1.4.0PHP >=5.6

1.5.0PHP >=7.0

1.6.0PHP >=7.1.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9376707?v=4)[ARCANEDEV](/maintainers/arcanedev)[@ARCANEDEV](https://github.com/ARCANEDEV)

---

Top Contributors

[![arcanedev-maroc](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/3282340?v=4)](https://github.com/arcanedev-maroc "arcanedev-maroc (128 commits)")

---

Tags

arcanedevcomposerdependenciesphpplugincomposerautoloadmergearcanedev

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/arcanedev-composer/health.svg)

```
[![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/arcanedev-composer/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/arcanedev-composer)
```

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