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Nice #php feature of #composer 2.4 for authors:

»If you publish a developer tool (such as testing tools, data fixture tools, debugging tools, etc.), you can make use of this feature so Composer interactively prompts the user to install them under require-dev section in case the user forgets to use the --dev flag.«

https://php.watch/articles/composer-prompt-require-dev-dev-packages


Composer 2.4 comes with a feature that it prompts during a `composer require` to install packages as `require-dev` dependencies when certain keywords are present. Development tools and libraries now can make use of this feature to mark themselves, so Comp

Composer 2.4 comes with a feature that it prompts during a `composer require` to install packages as `require-dev` dependencies when certain keywords are present.
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Jigal van Hemert
Jigal van Hemert  
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nice! I’m going to use that for #t3adminer too (which is only meant as development tool).
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Claudio Zizza 🦜
Claudio Zizza 🦜  
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I found out about this fearure by forgetting a --dev. Looks like it works. Even though it's no black magic to repeat the installation again when --dev was forgotten.
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