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Disable Template Validation (M2 Toolkit)
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[](#disable-template-validation-m2-toolkit)

### Credits go to Alan Storm (@astorm)

[](#credits-go-to-alan-storm-astorm)

Magento 2 does not allow symlinked files. This is a security feature. However for some development environments (like ours at SwiftOtter) this can cause issues as we *really* like keep our files completely separate from Magento (so we don't accidentally mix some core code into the website repository). This also keeps the `.gitignore` to a minimum.

To solve this, Alan Storm [posted this article](http://magento-quickies.alanstorm.com/post/146627295610/magento-2-symlinks-for-modules). It, as usual, is an excellent read.

That said, if you want to take this even a step easier, just use this module:

- `composer require swiftotter/disable-template-validation --dev`
- `php bin/magento module:enable SwiftOtter_DisableTemplateValidation`
- `php bin/magento setup:upgrade`

Notes:
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[](#notes)

- This only runs if the [deploy mode](http://devdocs.magento.com/guides/v2.0/config-guide/cli/config-cli-subcommands-mode.html)is set to development.
- Be aware of the fact that installing the module in the `dev` composer area means that it isn't installed on production sites (as I hope you are installing composer there with `--no-dev`). Depending on how you get code to production, and if you track all of Magento in your repository, you may have some issues with modules not being found.

###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 87.5% 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 ~33 days

Total

2

Last Release

3384d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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