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ruuds/composer-remove-paths
===========================

Composer plugin for removing files after install or update.

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Composer remove paths
=====================

[](#composer-remove-paths)

This Composer plugin allows you to remove paths (files and/or directories) while installing or updating packages, so you can remove unwanted files from your project, eg. before deploying to production.

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

[](#installation)

Simply install the plugin with composer: `composer require ruuds/composer-remove-paths`

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

[](#configuration)

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

```
{
    "extra": {
        "remove-paths": [
          "htdocs/robots.txt",
          "htdocs/directory-to-remove"
        ]
      }
}
```

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity17

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

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

2131d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/7123203?v=4)[Ruud](/maintainers/ruuds)[@ruuds](https://github.com/ruuds)

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