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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. hanoii/composer-should-not ActiveComposer-plugin[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) hanoii/composer-should-not ========================== Provides a way to prevent installing configured versions of packages. 1.1.0(1y ago)11.5k↓68.9%MITPHP Since Oct 29Pushed 1y ago1 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/hanoii/composer-should-not)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/hanoii/composer-should-not)[ RSS](/packages/hanoii-composer-should-not/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 2d ago READMEChangelogDependencies (2)Versions (3)Used By (0) Composer should-not =================== [](#composer-should-not) This plugin removes certain versions from your dependency list preventing them from being installed and provide a reason for doing so. While the idea of versions constraint is that you can do this on your `composer.json` that works OK as long as everybody in your team knows what to do when changing or requiring a new version constraint. This module is meant to provide a fail-safe and document a reason for doing so that if others tries to change the current constraint that will fail and a warning with a reason will be provided. Installation ------------ [](#installation) Install as usual: ``` composer require hanoii/composer-should-not ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) The configuration of this plugin is through the ["extra" property](https://getcomposer.org/doc/04-schema.md#extra)of your `composer.json` file. ``` { "extra": { "should-not": { "drupal/block_class": { "version": "^3", "reason": "Version constraint ^3 should not be installed, it is the a new release of the previous 1.x codebase." } } } } ``` Alternatively, you can also provide an array of reasons: ``` "should-not": { "twig/twig": { "version": "~3.14.1", "reasons": [ "3.14.1: Recurssion issue on drupal https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3485956.", "3.14.2: Performance issues on drupal https://www.drupal.org/project/drupal/issues/3487031." ] } }, ``` Note [dev versions](https://getcomposer.org/doc/articles/versions.md#branches) are always allowed. Demo ---- [](#demo) [![composer-should-not demo animated gif](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/677879/381571674-f84f7d15-26f7-477e-b8f3-6fc07cba66df.gif?jwt=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJnaXRodWIuY29tIiwiYXVkIjoicmF3LmdpdGh1YnVzZXJjb250ZW50LmNvbSIsImtleSI6ImtleTUiLCJleHAiOjE3ODMxODM4NjgsIm5iZiI6MTc4MzE4MzU2OCwicGF0aCI6Ii82Nzc4NzkvMzgxNTcxNjc0LWY4NGY3ZDE1LTI2ZjctNDc3ZS1iOGYzLTZmYzA3Y2JhNjZkZi5naWY_WC1BbXotQWxnb3JpdGhtPUFXUzQtSE1BQy1TSEEyNTYmWC1BbXotQ3JlZGVudGlhbD1BS0lBVkNPRFlMU0E1M1BRSzRaQSUyRjIwMjYwNzA0JTJGdXMtZWFzdC0xJTJGczMlMkZhd3M0X3JlcXVlc3QmWC1BbXotRGF0ZT0yMDI2MDcwNFQxNjQ2MDhaJlgtQW16LUV4cGlyZXM9MzAwJlgtQW16LVNpZ25hdHVyZT0zNzA4NTY4Y2I5ZTQwYzkyN2MxOGJkYmRiNGNhYTllZmU4ZDYxZDQ1YjA2NzdiOTRkZmYxYWVlNTQ2MTg4Y2JlJlgtQW16LVNpZ25lZEhlYWRlcnM9aG9zdCZyZXNwb25zZS1jb250ZW50LXR5cGU9aW1hZ2UlMkZnaWYifQ.3KRZSBCae4Mwz9r-exITM_XBRXs1AOMEach9iTjGZiA)](https://private-user-images.githubusercontent.com/677879/381571674-f84f7d15-26f7-477e-b8f3-6fc07cba66df.gif?jwt=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJnaXRodWIuY29tIiwiYXVkIjoicmF3LmdpdGh1YnVzZXJjb250ZW50LmNvbSIsImtleSI6ImtleTUiLCJleHAiOjE3ODMxODM4NjgsIm5iZiI6MTc4MzE4MzU2OCwicGF0aCI6Ii82Nzc4NzkvMzgxNTcxNjc0LWY4NGY3ZDE1LTI2ZjctNDc3ZS1iOGYzLTZmYzA3Y2JhNjZkZi5naWY_WC1BbXotQWxnb3JpdGhtPUFXUzQtSE1BQy1TSEEyNTYmWC1BbXotQ3JlZGVudGlhbD1BS0lBVkNPRFlMU0E1M1BRSzRaQSUyRjIwMjYwNzA0JTJGdXMtZWFzdC0xJTJGczMlMkZhd3M0X3JlcXVlc3QmWC1BbXotRGF0ZT0yMDI2MDcwNFQxNjQ2MDhaJlgtQW16LUV4cGlyZXM9MzAwJlgtQW16LVNpZ25hdHVyZT0zNzA4NTY4Y2I5ZTQwYzkyN2MxOGJkYmRiNGNhYTllZmU4ZDYxZDQ1YjA2NzdiOTRkZmYxYWVlNTQ2MTg4Y2JlJlgtQW16LVNpZ25lZEhlYWRlcnM9aG9zdCZyZXNwb25zZS1jb250ZW50LXR5cGU9aW1hZ2UlMkZnaWYifQ.3KRZSBCae4Mwz9r-exITM_XBRXs1AOMEach9iTjGZiA) --- The provided example configuration is what encouraged the creation of this plugin, see [https://www.drupal.org/project/block\_class/issues/3468976](https://www.drupal.org/project/block_class/issues/3468976). They decided to create a new major version out of an older codebase 🤷, and it has proven to be an issue for us, so with this we can preemptively avoid the module from being upgrade to 3.0. This was fixed with a new 4.0.0 release. However, other times I wanted something like this for ducumenting why a certain dependency should be locked to a specific version (something that I needed several times in Drupal projects). ### Health Score 28 — LowBetter than 52% of packages Maintenance36 Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained Popularity21 Limited adoption so far Community7 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity40 Maturing project, gaining track record 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. 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