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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. sandersander/composer-link ActiveComposer-plugin[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) sandersander/composer-link ========================== Adds ability to link local packages for development with composer v0.7.3(2d ago)98457.9k↓21.6%7MITPHPPHP >=8.2CI passing Since Mar 30Pushed 2w ago4 watchersCompare [ Source](https://github.com/SanderSander/composer-link)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/sandersander/composer-link)[ RSS](/packages/sandersander-composer-link/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced yesterday READMEChangelog (10)Dependencies (37)Versions (30)Used By (0) composer-link ============= [](#composer-link) [![phpunit](https://github.com/SanderSander/composer-link/actions/workflows/unit-tests.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://github.com/SanderSander/composer-link/actions/workflows/unit-tests.yml/badge.svg?branch=master)[![Packagist Downloads](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d3fedf3a73211a2f3f1f9ec8c0b98bff4b653c5e90443dc0a63cb6dc71b61432/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f53616e64657253616e6465722f636f6d706f7365722d6c696e6b)](https://camo.githubusercontent.com/d3fedf3a73211a2f3f1f9ec8c0b98bff4b653c5e90443dc0a63cb6dc71b61432/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f7061636b61676973742f64742f53616e64657253616e6465722f636f6d706f7365722d6c696e6b) Adds ability to link local packages in composer for development. This plugin won't alter your `composer.json` or `composer.lock` file, while maintaining the composer abilities to manage/upgrade your packages. Requirements ------------ [](#requirements) - PHP >= 8.2 - Composer >= 2.6 Installation ------------ [](#installation) This plugin can be installed globally or per project Globally ``` composer global require sandersander/composer-link ``` Per project: ``` composer require --dev sandersander/composer-link ``` Usage ----- [](#usage) The following three commands are made available by this plugin `link`, `unlink` and `linked`. When the plugin is installed globally you can prefix the commands with `global` as example `composer global linked`and install global packages. To link a package you can use the `link` commands, you can also link a global package. When linked to a global package absolute paths are used, when using a relative path composer-link resolves it to the absolute path. ``` composer link ../path/to/package composer link ../path/to/package-one ../path/to/package-two composer global link ../path/to/package ``` It's also possible to use a wildcard in your path, note that this will install all packages found in the directory `../packages`If you don't want to link all the packages but only the ones originally installed you can pass the `--only-installed` flag. ``` composer link ../packages/* composer link ../packages/* --only-installed ``` Composer link will automatically install/update the required packages from the linked package, you can prevent this behavior by adding the `--without-dependencies` flag. When the `composer link` or `composer unlink` are used all packages defined in `require-dev` of the root package are installed by default, this can be prevented by using the `--no-dev` flag To unlink the package you can use the `unlink` command ``` composer unlink ../path/to/package composer unlink ../packages/* composer unlink ../path/to/package-one ../path/to/package-two composer global unlink ../path/to/package ``` You can also unlink all package with the following command ``` composer unlink-all ``` To see all linked packages in your project you can use the `linked` command ``` composer linked composer global linked ``` Configuration ------------- [](#configuration) It is also possible to predefine linked packages in your `composer.json` file. This is useful for projects that always require certain local packages to be linked. ``` { "extra": { "composer-link": { "paths": [ "../path-to-package" ] } } } ``` The packages defined in `paths` will be automatically linked when running `composer install` or `composer update`. You can still use the `composer unlink` command to temporarily unlink these packages. Development ----------- [](#development) The following tools are available for development. It's also possible to link this package to your global for testing changes. ``` composer run lint # Lints all files composer run test # Runs unit tests composer run phpmd # Runs phpmd composer run phpstan # Runs phpstan composer run test-integration # Runs integration tests for linux, this requires docker ``` ### Health Score 61 — FairBetter than 98% of packages Maintenance98 Actively maintained with recent releases Popularity51 Moderate usage in the ecosystem Community14 Small or concentrated contributor base Maturity62 Established project with proven stability Bus Factor1 Top contributor holds 98.7% 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 ~70 days Recently: every ~32 days Total 23 Last Release 2d ago PHP version history (3 changes)v0.1.0PHP >=7.4 v0.4.0PHP >=8.1 v0.7.0PHP >=8.2 ### Community Maintainers ![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/913be94adc0a3ca4fe1c6054d26d54d01c288d55d3305d21325c18a4aead8377?d=identicon)[SanderSander](/maintainers/SanderSander) --- Top Contributors [![SanderSander](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/6603255?v=4)](https://github.com/SanderSander "SanderSander (78 commits)")[![aviramaz](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1309116?v=4)](https://github.com/aviramaz "aviramaz (1 commits)") --- Tags composercomposer-pluginphp ### Code Quality TestsPHPUnit Static AnalysisPHPStan Code StylePHP CS Fixer Type Coverage Yes ### Embed Badge ![Health badge](/badges/sandersander-composer-link/health.svg) ``` [![Health](https://phpackages.com/badges/sandersander-composer-link/health.svg)](https://phpackages.com/packages/sandersander-composer-link) ``` ### Alternatives [symfony/runtime Enables decoupling PHP applications from global state 74798.8M1.0k](/packages/symfony-runtime)[drupal/core-composer-scaffold A flexible Composer project scaffold builder. 5344.1M564](/packages/drupal-core-composer-scaffold)[drupal/core-project-message Adds a message after Composer installation. 2124.7M203](/packages/drupal-core-project-message)[vaimo/composer-patches Applies a patch from a local or remote file to any package that is part of a given composer project. 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