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mxr576/composer-audit-changes
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Composer command for only auditing installed or updated packages in composer.lock

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`composer audit-changes` only
-----------------------------

[](#composer-audit-changes-only)

The `audit-changes` Composer command works similarly to the built-in `composer audit` command but it only audits newly installed or updated packages since a previous version of composer.lock.

### Why

[](#why)

Have you seen a pending CR/MR/PR before that was blocked because a security advisory has just been released for a existing dependency?

This solution can be ideal for auditing only those package changes that were made in a CR/MR/PR but not the complete content on composer.lock.

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

[](#installation)

```
$ composer require --dev mxr576/composer-audit-changes
```

### Usage

[](#usage)

```
$ composer audit-changes [path-or-url-or-git-reference-to-previous-version-of-composer-lock] # the default is HEAD:composer.lock
```

Run `composer audit-changes --help` to see available command arguments and options.

### Background story

[](#background-story)

This package was created to showcase that maybe there is a better alternative for handling randomly failing builds than adding an opt-out feature to `composer audit`. See the related issue feature request at [composer/composer#11298](https://github.com/composer/composer/issues/11298).

###  Health Score

40

—

FairBetter than 86% of packages

Maintenance57

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community8

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 ~142 days

Recently: every ~201 days

Total

8

Last Release

25d ago

PHP version history (3 changes)1.0.0-rc1PHP ~8.1.0 || ~8.2.0

1.2.0PHP ~8.1.0 || ~8.2.0 || ~8.3.0 || ~8.4.0

1.3.0PHP ~8.2.0 || ~8.3.0 || ~8.4.0 || ~8.5.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a39930748464d7f7a251984080a21ce132f6ae9b0d086b392eb22ee6aeba4278?d=identicon)[mxr576](/maintainers/mxr576)

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Top Contributors

[![mxr576](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1755573?v=4)](https://github.com/mxr576 "mxr576 (32 commits)")

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Tags

auditcomposerdependency-analysisqacomposerdevqaAuditdependency analyses

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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