bragento / magento-composer-installer
Composer installer for Magento modules
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Type:composer-plugin
pkg:composer/bragento/magento-composer-installer
Requires
- composer-plugin-api: ^1.0
- symfony/filesystem: ^2.7
Requires (Dev)
- codeclimate/php-test-reporter: ^0.1
- composer/composer: ^1.0@dev
- mikey179/vfsstream: ^1.5
- phpunit/phpunit: ^4.7
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Last update: 2025-10-23 04:16:40 UTC
README

Supported Types:
magento-module
magento-core
magento-theme (currently just the same as magento-module)
Core Installer
Installation
to Install the Magento Core require magento/core in your composer.json.
Magento will be copied to the Magento root dir (Default: 'magento')
{
"require": {
"bragento/magento-composer-installer": "~1",
"magento/core": "~1.9"
},
"extra": {
"magento-root-dir": "magento"
}
}
Persistent Files
There are several persistent files and directories, that will be backed up and restored after core deployment:
var
media
app/etc/local.xml
You can also define additional Files to be persistent such as local Modules
{
"require": {
"bragento/magento-composer-installer": "~1",
"magento/core": "~1.9"
},
"extra": {
"magento-root-dir": "magento",
"persistent-files": [
"somefile",
"app/code/local/Vendor/SomeModule",
"app/etc/modules/Vendor_SomeModule.xml"
]
}
}
Module Installer
Install a Module
Just require the Modules in your composer.json.
Many composer installable Magento extensions are listed under packages.firegento.com
There is also an example of how to add a composer package directly from a github (or any git) Repository
{
"repositories": [
{
"type": "composer",
"url": "packages.firegento.com"
},
{
"type": "git",
"url": "https://github.com/danslo/ApiImport.git"
}
],
"require": {
"bragento/magento-composer-installer": "~1",
"magento/core": "~1.9",
"firegento/magesetup": "~2",
"danslo/api-import": "~1"
},
"extra": {
"magento-root-dir": "magento"
}
}
Change Deploy Strategy
By default, all Modules are deployed by symlink. You can change this behaviour with the config key 'magento-deploystrategy'
Possible values are:
symlink
copy
none (will just install the Module but not deploy it to magento root)
{
"extra": {
"magento-deploystrategy": "copy"
}
}
Overwrite Deploy Strategy per Module
You can also overwrite the Deploy Strategy for specific Modules under the config key magento-deploystrategy-overwrite
{
"repositories": [
{
"type": "composer",
"url": "packages.firegento.com"
}
],
"require": {
"bragento/magento-composer-installer": "~1",
"magento/core": "~1.9",
"firegento/magesetup": "~2"
},
"extra": {
"magento-deploystrategy": "symlink",
"magento-deploystrategy-overwrite": {
"firegento/magesetup": "copy"
}
}
}
Auto Append Gitignore
You can define that deployed files will be automatically added to .gitignore in magento root
{
"extra": {
"auto-append-gitignore": true
}
}
Contributing
make pull requests solely from the develop Branch.
run the tests before making a pull request