This plugin aims to assist when working on local composer packages without using a "path" repository, because that will break the composer.lock file. The goal was to simulate the basic behaviour of "npm link" to create symlinks and have the local packages in deployment in a single directory.

Simply install this plugin by using composer:

composer require labor-digital/composer-dev-symlink

If you want to install the plugin globally instead, feel free to do so by using:

composer global require labor-digital/composer-dev-symlink

By default the plugin will look for packages to link in the directory: $CWD/vendor-dev/. However, if that does not fit your needs you can always change the directory by setting it in your project's composer.json:

{
	"extra": {
		"composer-dev-symlink": "./my-dev/*"
	}
}

• This plugin is installed globally in our php dev images
• There are plenty of other plugins that aim to do the same stuff, but did not work as globally installed plugin or broke the composer.lock file.
  • franzliedke/studio#89
  • https://github.com/DHager/composer-haydn
  • Letudiant/composer-shared-package-plugin#21

You're free to use this package, but if you use it regularly in your development environment we highly appreciate you sending us a postcard from your hometown, mentioning which of our package(s) you are using.

Our address is: LABOR.digital - Fischtorplatz 21 - 55116 Mainz, Germany

We publish all received postcards on our company website.