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sminnee/composer-diff
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Display diffs of composer projects and all their modules

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composer-diff
=============

[](#composer-diff)

`composer-diff` performs a `git diff` command on your project.

Unlike `git diff`, however, it will also return differences in any packages marked in your composer.lock file

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

[](#installation)

A good way to install CLI tools from composer is 'composer global require':

```
composer global require sminnee/composer-diff

```

Then, if you haven't already, add `~/.composer/vendor/bin` to your shell path.

The binary will be installed to ~/.composer/vendor/bin/composer-diff.

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

You can see the changes themselves this way:

```
composer-diff diff sha-from [sha-to]

```

- `sha-from` is the SHA of your project to use as the starting point
- `sha-to` is the SHA of your project to use as the end point. If ommitted, the current check-out of code is used

If you wish to see the log messages instead of the changes, use this command:

```
composer-diff log sha-from [sha-to]

```

Limitations
-----------

[](#limitations)

- Doesn't work if a package isn't checked out in your project as a git repo
- Output not the best

###  Health Score

30

—

LowBetter than 62% of packages

Maintenance19

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

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

Every ~0 days

Total

5

Last Release

4040d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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