Composer v2.0.0-alpha2 Release Notes
Release Date: 2020-06-24 // almost 4 years ago-
๐ Not up to date with Composer 2 yet? Check the alpha1 changelog and UPGRADE guide first.
๐ Try it out now and get ready for the upcoming stable release
- ๐ Use
composer self-update --preview
to try the latest alpha/prerelease version (2.x). - โก๏ธ Use
composer self-update --snapshot
to try the latest dev build (2.x). - ๐ Use
composer self-update --stable
to go back to stable releases (1.x for now). - ๐ Use
composer self-update --1
in CI/scripts if you want to pin Composer to 1.x until you are ready to migrate, this will ensure you stay on 1.x releases even once a 2.0 stable comes out.
๐ Changelog
- โ Added parallel installation of packages (requires OSX/Linux/WSL, and that
unzip
is present in PATH) - โ Added optimization of constraints by compiling them to PHP code, which should reduce CPU time of updates
- โ Added handling of Ctrl-C on Windows for PHP 7.4+
- โ Added better support for default branch names other than
master
- โ Added --format=summary flag to
license
command - ๐ Fixed issue in platform check when requiring ext-zend-opcache
- ๐ Fixed inline aliases issues
- ๐ Fixed git integration issue when signatures are set to be shown by default
- ๐ Use