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ichhabrecht/composer-git-flow-plugin
====================================

This plugin allows to use repositories using the Git Flow workflow (or any other branching model) with Composer

2.1.0(9y ago)25.1k4MITPHP

Since Jul 27Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

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composer-git-flow-plugin
========================

[](#composer-git-flow-plugin)

This plugin allows to use repositories using the Git Flow workflow (or any other branching model) with Composer.

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

[](#installation)

First you have to require the plugin.

```
$ composer require ichhabrecht/composer-git-flow-plugin
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

To define the repositories for which the plugin should change the used branch, it is necessary to require those with `dev-master` constraint.

```
{
  "repositories": [
    {
      "type": "vcs",
      "url": "[path-to-your-repository]"
    }
  ],
  "require": {
    "vendor/package": "dev-master"
  }
}
```

To select the branch your repositories should use, you have to call the composer command `git-flow-update` which makes sure only repositories with *dev-master* dependency constraints are updated. To specify the branch prefix use the option `stability` of the command.

```
$ composer git-flow-update --stability develop
```

If you want to checkout your repositories with the latest release branch you can simply set the stability to `release`. The plugin searches for any available branch with the stability prefix with a fallback to master branch if no other suitable branch was found.

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 72% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity67

Established project with proven stability

 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 ~4 days

Total

5

Last Release

3601d ago

Major Versions

1.0.1 → 2.0.02016-08-07

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1453345?v=4)[Nicole Hummel](/maintainers/IchHabRecht)[@IchHabRecht](https://github.com/IchHabRecht)

---

Top Contributors

[![IchHabRecht](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1453345?v=4)](https://github.com/IchHabRecht "IchHabRecht (19 commits)")

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