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Composer v2.0.0-RC2 Release Notes

Release Date: 2020-10-14 // over 3 years ago
    • Breaking: Removed OperationInterface::getReason as the data was not accurate
    • Added automatic removal of packages which are not required anymore whenever an update is done, this will purge packages previously left over by partial updates and require/remove
    • Added shorthand aliases -w for --with-dependencies and -W for --with-all-dependencies on update/require/remove commands
    • Added COMPOSER_DEBUG_EVENTS=1 env var support for plugin authors to figure out which events are triggered when
    • Added setCustomCacheKey to PreFileDownloadEvent and fixed a cache bug for integrations changing the processed url of package archives
    • Added Composer\Util\SyncHelper for plugin authors to deal with async Promises more easily
    • Added $composer->getLoop()->getHttpDownloader() to get access to the main HttpDownloader instance in plugins
    • Added a non-zero exit code (2) and warning to remove command when a package to be removed could not be removed
    • Added --apcu-autoloader-prefix (or --apcu-prefix for dump-autoload command) flag to let people use apcu autoloading in a deterministic output way if that is needed
    • Fixed version guesser to look at remote branches as well as local ones
    • Lots of minor bug fixes and improvements