ajgl / composer-symlinker
Composer script to symlink assets.
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Type:composer-plugin
Requires
- composer-plugin-api: ^2.0
Requires (Dev)
README
The AjglComposerSymlinker component provides a Composer plugin to symlink paths from packages installed with composer to a different location. It is intended for use with web assets.
This plugin allows you to install web assets to the vendor
directory and symlink them to a directory exposed through
an HTTP server, without the need to provide a special composer package type with a custom installer.
Suppose the following project layout where we want to install the twbs/bootstrap
package:
project/
├── src/
│ ├── Controller.php
│ ├── Model.php
│ └── View.php
├── vendor/
└── www/
├── assets/
| ├── css
| ├── fonts
| ├── images
| └── js
├── index.php
└── .htaccess
Any web asset installed with composer will be stored inside the vendor
directory, but we need them to be stored
inside www/assets
directory. In the Usage section, we will see how to achieve this.
There are some alternatives, but they usually require defining a custom package type in the required package definition.
Installation
To install the latest stable version of this component, open a console and execute the following command:
$ composer require ajgl/composer-symlinker
Usage
1. Require the source package
Add the desired package to the require
section of the composer.json file:
{ "require": { "twbs/bootstrap": "^3.3" } }
2. Define symlinks
Create the symlinks definition adding a ajgl-symlinks
section inside the extra
section of the composer.json file:
{ "extra": { "ajgl-symlinks": { "twbs/boostrap": { "dist/css": "web/assets/css/bootstrap", "dist/js": "web/assets/js/bootstrap", "dist/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot": "web/assets/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot", "dist/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.svg": "web/assets/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.svg", "dist/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.ttf": "web/assets/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.ttf", "dist/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff": "web/assets/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff", "dist/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff2": "web/assets/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff2" } } } }
As you can see, you can link directories or files. On Windows platform, the links will be created using the junction feature of NTFS, so you can only link directories.
3. Execute composer
Once the composer.json file is complete:
{ "require": { "ajgl/composer-symlinker": "^0.3", "twbs/bootstrap": "^3.3" }, "extra": { "ajgl-symlinks": { "twbs/bootstrap": { "dist/css": "web/assets/css/bootstrap", "dist/js": "web/assets/js/bootstrap", "dist/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot": "web/assets/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot", "dist/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.svg": "web/assets/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.svg", "dist/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.ttf": "web/assets/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.ttf", "dist/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff": "web/assets/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff", "dist/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff2": "web/assets/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff2" } } } }
Open a console and execute the composer update
or composer install
command:
$ composer update -v
You will see the following messages in the composer output:
Creating symlinks
Symlinking package "twbs/bootstrap"
Symlinking "/home/aj/tmp/lala/vendor/twbs/bootstrap/dist/css" to "/home/aj/tmp/lala/web/assets/css/bootstrap": symlink created
Symlinking "/home/aj/tmp/lala/vendor/twbs/bootstrap/dist/js" to "/home/aj/tmp/lala/web/assets/js/bootstrap": symlink created
Symlinking "/home/aj/tmp/lala/vendor/twbs/bootstrap/dist/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot" to "/home/aj/tmp/lala/web/assets/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot": symlink created
Symlinking "/home/aj/tmp/lala/vendor/twbs/bootstrap/dist/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.svg" to "/home/aj/tmp/lala/web/assets/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.svg": symlink created
Symlinking "/home/aj/tmp/lala/vendor/twbs/bootstrap/dist/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.ttf" to "/home/aj/tmp/lala/web/assets/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.ttf": symlink created
Symlinking "/home/aj/tmp/lala/vendor/twbs/bootstrap/dist/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff" to "/home/aj/tmp/lala/web/assets/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff": symlink created
Symlinking "/home/aj/tmp/lala/vendor/twbs/bootstrap/dist/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff2" to "/home/aj/tmp/lala/web/assets/fonts/glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff2": symlink created
4. Packages not available at packagist.org
If you want to install a package that is not available in the main composer repository, you can define a new
package inside the repositories
section of the composer.json file.
{ "repositories": [ { "type": "package", "package": { "name": "dojo/dojo", "version": "1.11.1", "dist": { "type": "zip", "url": "http://download.dojotoolkit.org/release-1.11.1/dojo-release-1.11.1.zip" }, "type": "library" } } ] }
Then, you can define the desired symlinks in the ajgl-symlinks
section as usual:
{ "extra": { "ajgl-symlinks": { "dojo/dojo": { ".": "www/dojo" } } } }
License
This component is under the MIT license. See the complete license in the LICENSE file.
Reporting an issue or a feature request
Issues and feature requests are tracked in the Github issue tracker.
Author Information
Developed with ♥ by Antonio J. García Lagar.
If you find this component useful, please add a ★ in the GitHub repository page and/or the Packagist package page.