sloanlance/composery

Composery: A Composer wrapper to read its configuration from a YAML file, composer.yml.

Composery

A Composer wrapper to read its configuration from a YAML file, composer.yml., _(*1)

⚠️  Note:

    This package is still in the very early stages of development., _(*2)

> > >     Don't be disappointed by its lack of substance.

Why‽

• Comments can't be added to composer.json because JSON doesn't allow comments.
• YAML allows comments.
• Bidirectional conversion between YAML and JSON is easy and reliable. (Except for the loss of YAML comments.)
• If loss of fidelity between between YAML and JSON is a concern, fret not. YAML can contain JSON and still allow comments.
• The igorw/composer-yaml project good, but it only converts composer.yml to composer.json. It doesn't run Composer using the new composer.json file, though.
• In contrast, Composery will:
  • Convert composer.yml to composer.json.
  • Run composer using the new composer.json.
  • By default, delete composer.json before exiting.
  • Optionally keep composer.json when exiting, which is useful for debugging or distribution.