Composer: install package fork

Question

I've forked a composer package so I can fix an issue with it and submit a PR to the maintainer.

Meanwhile, while it doesn't get merged, I want to use my version of the package in my projects. I've tried adding the repository information on composer.json but it always uses the regular package.

How can I force it to use my version? Do I have to rename the package?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

I've figured it out. I had a constraint on stable versions so it would not install a dev version and that was why it wouldn't read my fork.

Btw, no changes are required on the package's composer.json file. It treats it as the regular upstream package.

Answer 2

so, your forked package is on github for example. so, just use it:

composer.json:

"require": {
    "mygithub/blabla": 1.0
},
"repositories": [
        {
            "type": "vcs",
            "url": "git@github.com:mygithub/blabla.git"
        }
]

more info can be found here