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goatherd/patch-installer
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Install package as patch directly to vendor directory

0.0.1(13y ago)47993[5 issues](https://github.com/goatherd/patch-installer/issues)1BSD-2-ClausePHPPHP >=5.3

Since Apr 20Pushed 13y ago4 watchersCompare

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patch-installer
===============

[](#patch-installer)

Patch other composer packages on install or update.

**experimental feature**

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

For a `patch` [type](http://getcomposer.org/doc/04-schema.md#type) change the install path to vendor directory and merge into other vendor directories.

Your composer.json

```
{
    "type": "patch",
    "require": {
        "some/dependency": "*",
        "goatherd/patch-installer": "*"
    },
    "extra": {
        "patch-path": "some/dependency",
        "patch-files": [
            "path/to/firstFile.ext",
            "config.xml"
        ]
    }
}
```

Limitations
-----------

[](#limitations)

- order of installation is important
- do not try to patch a patch
- can not uninstall (but updates)

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance18

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity48

Maturing project, gaining track record

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

4773d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2c0597339c399bea9497c59ad70ec933e5a6c95458122649baf2dab18038ba88?d=identicon)[goatherd](/maintainers/goatherd)

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Tags

composer-installerpatch

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