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bankiru/composer-dev-branch-validator
=====================================

Validates dev-branches constraint in composer.json

1.0-RC(9y ago)081MITPHP

Since Jan 13Pushed 3y ago10 watchersCompare

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Composer json and lock validator
================================

[](#composer-json-and-lock-validator)

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Validates composer.json against having `dev-*` as dependency version
    - `dev-master` could is prohibited by default, but could be excluded
- Checks locker for presence (optional) and freshness

Initial purpose
---------------

[](#initial-purpose)

- Various commit hooks

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

[](#installation)

### Easy

[](#easy)

Grab latest phar from [GitHub releases page](https://github.com/bankiru/composer-dev-branch-validator/releases)

### Manual

[](#manual)

```
create-project bankiru/composer-dev-branch-validator ./checker/
cd checker/
composer install
php -dphar.readonly=0 bin/compiler.php
```

You will get latest `build/checker.phar` ready for use.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

```
# Implicit
php checker.phar path/to/project
# Excplicit
php checker.phar path/to/project/composer.json
# Workdir
cd path/to/project
php path/to/checker.phar
```

### Options

[](#options)

```
Usage:
  check [options] [--] []

Arguments:
  path                       Root package path [default: "./"]

Options:
  -l, --no-lock-check        Skip checking lock file
  -m, --ignore-missing-lock  Skip checking lock file
  -t, --allow-dev-master     Allow master-like branches (trunk, etc)
  -h, --help                 Display this help message
  -q, --quiet                Do not output any message
```

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community14

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 50% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3403d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/ed906771163ff68cfb365bdd3b8278a3ce1b464f94051ff7ab50c03a30110efe?d=identicon)[scaytrase](/maintainers/scaytrase)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b9852a2d9d37dd9db7c223c542c90dbf1a681c770308c630104e60fca0066207?d=identicon)[ekho](/maintainers/ekho)

---

Top Contributors

[![ekho](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/374426?v=4)](https://github.com/ekho "ekho (1 commits)")[![hanovruslan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1153520?v=4)](https://github.com/hanovruslan "hanovruslan (1 commits)")

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Tags

composerphptoolcomposervalidatorhookschecksconstraintsbranch

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