This plugin allows to choose which packages should be installed in a shared directory with their version number as in this example:
Case 1: inside the package
vendor
├── autoload.php
├── composer
└── itscaro
└── composer-global-installer
vendor-global/
└── zendframework
├── zendframework1-1.12.3
└── zendframework1-1.12.6
Case 2: outside the package (globally shared for instance)
/package/
vendor
├── autoload.php
├── composer
└── itscaro
└── composer-global-installer
/usr/share/php/
vendor-global/
└── zendframework
├── zendframework1-1.12.3
└── zendframework1-1.12.6
Configuration
itscaro-global-installer is required to be present to activate this plugin, all nested properties are optional. By default, this plugin is active for "library" packages.
Default values
{
"config": {
"vendor-dir": "vendor",
"itscaro-global-installer": {
"vendor-global-dir": "vendor-global",
"vendor-global-packages": [],
"vendor-global-types": [
"library"
]
}
},
}
Only zendframework/zendframework1 package is installed in /usr/share/php
{
"config": {
"vendor-dir": "vendor",
"composer-global-installer": {
"vendor-global-dir": "/usr/share/php",
"vendor-global-packages": [
"zendframework/zendframework1"
]
}
},
}
Usage:
The plugin should be the first required packaged.
{
"require": {
"itscaro/composer-global-installer": "1.0.0",
"zendframework/zendframework1": "1.12.6"
}
}
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Credits to Martin Hasoň martin.hason@gmail.com