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ryzr/localpackages
==================

Automatically symlink composer packages post-install/update for easier local development

2.0.4(3y ago)127.1k1MITPHP

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LocalPackages
=============

[](#localpackages)

Automatically symlink composer packages post-install/update for easier local development

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

[](#installation)

LocalPackages can be installed globally or per project, with Composer:

Globally (recommended): `composer global require luminsports/localpackages`Per project: `composer require --dev luminsports/localpackages`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

1. Create a `composer.localpackages.json` file in your project root directory. This file will contain your mapping of paths to locally developed packages
2. Populate it with paths, in the following JSON format:

```
{
    "paths": [
        "~/path/to/your/package",
        "~/path/to/your/other-package",
    ]
}

```

3. Since the configuration you will provide is unique to your environment, it would be best practice to add `composer.localpackages.json` to your `.gitignore` file.
4. `composer install` or `composer update`. LocalPackages will scan the directories specified in your `composer.localpackages.json` file for packages. If, for example, you used the configuration above and `~/path/to/your/package` contains a `composer.json` file for `your/package`, your project will symlink any `your/package` dependency to `~/path/to/your/package` automatically.

Known Issues
------------

[](#known-issues)

If anything weird happens and you get stuck, try `rm -r vendor/ composer.lock && composer install`. If that doesn't work, blame me.

- I don't believe this works when using `composer require your/package`. Just run `composer update your/package` afterwards, and everything should symlink

License
-------

[](#license)

This code is published under the [MIT License](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT). This means you can do almost anything with it, as long as the copyright notice and the accompanying license file is left intact.

Thanks
------

[](#thanks)

This package is a super-simplified version of [franzl/studio](https://github.com/franzliedke/studio).

###  Health Score

33

—

LowBetter than 75% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity23

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity65

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 ~245 days

Recently: every ~192 days

Total

6

Last Release

1424d ago

Major Versions

1.0.0 → 2.0.02020-05-14

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/0e55216f06906e0bdee2b78e0b2c0c9d5009a4bbab212341d04e3584ba8d864c?d=identicon)[ryzr](/maintainers/ryzr)

---

Top Contributors

[![ryzr](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/9389421?v=4)](https://github.com/ryzr "ryzr (8 commits)")

---

Tags

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