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drupal-composer/preserve-paths
==============================

Composer plugin for preserving custom paths and supporting nested packages

0.1.6(5y ago)271.1M↓36.8%27[10 issues](https://github.com/drupal-composer/preserve-paths/issues)[3 PRs](https://github.com/drupal-composer/preserve-paths/pulls)5GPL-2.0-or-laterPHPCI failing

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Composer preserve paths
=======================

[](#composer-preserve-paths)

Composer plugin for preserving paths while installing, updating or uninstalling packages.

This way you can:

- provide custom files or directories that will not be overwritten on `composer install` or `composer update`
- place packages within the directory of another package (using a composer installer like [composer/installers](https://packagist.org/packages/composer/installers) or [davidbarratt/custom-installer](https://packagist.org/packages/davidbarratt/custom-installer))

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

[](#installation)

Simply install the plugin with composer: `composer require drupal-composer/preserve-paths`

Configuration
-------------

[](#configuration)

For configuring the paths you need to set `preserve-paths` within the `extra` of your root `composer.json`.

```
{
    "extra": {
        "preserve-paths": [
          "web/sites/all/modules/contrib",
          "web/sites/all/themes/contrib",
          "web/sites/all/libraries",
          "web/sites/all/drush"
        ]
      }
}
```

Example
-------

[](#example)

An example composer.json using [composer/installers](https://packagist.org/packages/composer/installers):

```
{
  "repositories": [
    {
      "type": "composer",
      "url": "https://packages.drupal.org/7"
    }
  ],
  "require": {
    "composer/installers": "^1.2",
    "drupal-composer/preserve-paths": "0.1.*",
    "drupal/views": "3.*",
    "drupal/drupal": "7.*"
  },
  "config": {
    "vendor-dir": "vendor"
  },
  "extra": {
    "installer-paths": {
      "web/": ["type:drupal-core"],
      "web/sites/all/modules/contrib/{$name}/": ["type:drupal-module"],
      "web/sites/all/themes/contrib/{$name}/": ["type:drupal-theme"],
      "web/sites/all/libraries/{$name}/": ["type:drupal-library"],
      "web/sites/all/drush/{$name}/": ["type:drupal-drush"],
      "web/profiles/{$name}/": ["type:drupal-profile"]
    },
    "preserve-paths": [
      "web/sites/all/modules/contrib",
      "web/sites/all/themes/contrib",
      "web/sites/all/libraries",
      "web/sites/all/drush",
      "web/sites/default/settings.php",
      "web/sites/default/files"
    ]
  }
}
```

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance13

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity51

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community30

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 83.8% 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 ~358 days

Recently: every ~494 days

Total

7

Last Release

2056d ago

### Community

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Tags

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