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Distribute a single PHAR file as composer package

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
php
Domain
cli, release

Research direction

Start by examining how the current PHAR update is performed manually and how this repository defines its Composer package metadata. Determine the packaging entry point and verify that the completed package can be installed through Composer and contains only the PHAR file.

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Description

scope:distribution

Currently the phar file update is manual.

Could we create a Composer package that contains only the phar file?

Dominant language
Gherkin
Stars
90
Forks
34
Avg merge
3h 19m
Merged PRs (30d)
18

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First steps

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

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