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bowlofsoup/interlude
====================

Have an interlude - when working with composer - develop on your packages locally.

0.5(2y ago)0172MITShell

Since Mar 21Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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Interlude
---------

[](#interlude)

### Purpose and functionality

[](#purpose-and-functionality)

Use this within your PHP [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/) project to develop locally on packages.

- Packages are cloned into a separate directory
- Symlinked to the original vendor/ location
- Use `git` without it being in detached mode, e.g. to create new branches for the package
- You can use `composer require` to e.g. add dependencies (vendor dir is also symlinked to the original)

### Installation

[](#installation)

Require the package:

```
composer require bowlofsoup/interlude "^version"

```

The `interlude` script should now be in your `vendor/bin` directory.

Add the following to your `.gitignore`:

```
vendor-local/

```

### Usage

[](#usage)

'Checkout' a package for local development (use `sh`)

```
sh vendor/bin/interlude checkout

```

'Restore' a package to the original

```
vendor/bin/interlude restore

```

### External dependencies

[](#external-dependencies)

A shell (Bash) and these Linux or macOS packages:

- `git`
- `find`
- `sed`
- `awk`

###  Health Score

19

—

LowBetter than 10% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity33

Early-stage or recently created project

 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 ~25 days

Total

3

Last Release

738d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b2a058c9460fbbaadc646b3daf1083a2bccc1318a8775e97c6bfea0a2faed4ed?d=identicon)[BowlOfSoup](/maintainers/BowlOfSoup)

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Top Contributors

[![BowlOfSoup](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/19224810?v=4)](https://github.com/BowlOfSoup "BowlOfSoup (12 commits)")

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