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      <title>Hidden Gems of Composer</title>
      <link>https://harikt.com/blog/2014/05/29/hidden-gems-of-composer/</link>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;I hope everyone in the PHP world is aware of &lt;a href=&#34;https://getcomposer.org&#34;  target=&#34;_blank&#34; rel=&#34;noreferrer&#34;&gt;composer&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;the dependency management tool that gives an end to Pear.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;We can look into some of the hidden gems of composer. Some of them are&#xA;already documented in the composer docs.&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&#xA;&lt;h2 class=&#34;relative group&#34;&gt;Bug Fixing :&#xA;    &lt;div id=&#34;bug-fixing-&#34; class=&#34;anchor&#34;&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;    &lt;span&#xA;        class=&#34;absolute top-0 w-6 transition-opacity opacity-0 -start-6 not-prose group-hover:opacity-100 select-none&#34;&gt;&#xA;        &lt;a class=&#34;text-primary-300 dark:text-neutral-700 !no-underline&#34; href=&#34;#bug-fixing-&#34; aria-label=&#34;Anchor&#34;&gt;#&lt;/a&gt;&#xA;    &lt;/span&gt;&#xA;    &#xA;&lt;/h2&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;Documented over &lt;a href=&#34;https://getcomposer.org/doc/05-repositories.md#loading-a-package-from-a-vcs-repository&#34;  target=&#34;_blank&#34; rel=&#34;noreferrer&#34;&gt;Loading a package from a VCS repository&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&#xA;&lt;div class=&#34;highlight-wrapper&#34;&gt;&lt;div class=&#34;highlight&#34;&gt;&lt;div class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&#xA;&lt;table class=&#34;lntable&#34;&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&#34;lntd&#34;&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre tabindex=&#34;0&#34; class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;lnt&#34;&gt; 1&#xA;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;lnt&#34;&gt; 2&#xA;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;lnt&#34;&gt; 3&#xA;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;lnt&#34;&gt; 4&#xA;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;lnt&#34;&gt; 5&#xA;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;lnt&#34;&gt; 6&#xA;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;lnt&#34;&gt; 7&#xA;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;lnt&#34;&gt; 8&#xA;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;lnt&#34;&gt; 9&#xA;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;lnt&#34;&gt;10&#xA;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;lnt&#34;&gt;11&#xA;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&#xA;&lt;td class=&#34;lntd&#34;&gt;&#xA;&lt;pre tabindex=&#34;0&#34; class=&#34;chroma&#34;&gt;&lt;code class=&#34;language-json&#34; data-lang=&#34;json&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;line&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;cl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&#xA;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;line&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;cl&#34;&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;repositories&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;[&lt;/span&gt;&#xA;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;line&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;cl&#34;&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&#xA;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;line&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;cl&#34;&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;type&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;vcs&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;,&lt;/span&gt;&#xA;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;line&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;cl&#34;&gt;            &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;url&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;https://github.com/igorw/monolog&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&#xA;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;line&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;cl&#34;&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;&#xA;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;line&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;cl&#34;&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;],&lt;/span&gt;&#xA;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;line&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;cl&#34;&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;require&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;{&lt;/span&gt;&#xA;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;line&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;cl&#34;&gt;        &lt;span class=&#34;nt&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;monolog/monolog&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span class=&#34;s2&#34;&gt;&amp;#34;dev-bugfix&amp;#34;&lt;/span&gt;&#xA;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;line&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;cl&#34;&gt;    &lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;&#xA;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;line&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;cl&#34;&gt;&lt;span class=&#34;p&#34;&gt;}&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&#xA;&lt;/div&gt;&#xA;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&#xA;&lt;p&gt;The above example assume you have pushed your code to github. But you can&#xA;also make use of the local directory.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      
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