composer require git repository

composer.json

{
  "name": "my_vendor_name/my_package",
  "description": "My Package Description",
  "license": "GPL-3.0",
  "autoload": {
    "classmap": [ // search these directories for classes 
      "lib/"
    ]
  },
  "repositories": {
    "php-console-color": { // pseudonym of git repo
      "type": "package",
      "package": {
        "name": "coryjthompson/php-console-color",  // name of git repo
        "version": "1.0",
        "source": {
          "url": "https://github.com/coryjthompson/php-console-color.git", // url to repo
          "type": "git", // vcs or git
          "reference": "origin/master"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "require": {
    "coryjthompson/php-console-color":"1.0" 
  }
}

what should be the command for it?

what should be the command for it?

I think composer update would do the job

composer require coryjthompson/php-console-color

Thank you!

It doesn't work, can you explain me why?

    "repositories": {
        "wp-mvc": {
            "type": "package",
            "package": {
                "name": "tombenner/wp-mvc",
                "version": "1.5",
                "source": {
                    "url": "https://github.com/tombenner/wp-mvc.git",
                    "type": "git",
                    "reference": "origin/master"
                }
            }
        }
    },
    "require": {
        "tombenner/wp-mvc": "1.5"
    },

@celorodovalho

use this

"repositories": {
    {
        "type": "package",
        "package": {
            "name": "tombenner/wp-mvc",
            "version": "1.5",
            "source": {
                "url": "https://github.com/tombenner/wp-mvc.git",
                "type": "git",
                "reference": "origin/master"
            }
        }
    },
}
"require": {
    "tombenner/wp-mvc": "1.5"
},

@richardkeep
If your intention was to say:

    "repositories": [
        {
            "type": "package",
            "package": {
                "name": "tombenner/wp-mvc",
                "version": "1.5",
                "source": {
                    "url": "https://github.com/tombenner/wp-mvc.git",
                    "type": "git",
                    "reference": "origin/master"
                }
            }
        }
    ],
    "require": {
        "php": ">=5.4",
        "tombenner/wp-mvc": "1.5"
    },

It doesn't work as well.

@celorodovalho try this:

"repositories": [
        {
            "type": "git",
            "url": "https://github.com/tombenner/wp-mvc.git"
        }
    ],
"require":{
    "tombenner/wp-mvc": "dev-master"
}

@adityastic I tried it already, I try with all possible ways.
The only way that I could make it work is like that:

    {
      "type": "package",
      "package": {
        "name": "wp-plugins/wp-mvc",
        "version": "1",
        "type": "wordpress-plugin",
        "source": {
          "url": "https://github.com/tombenner/wp-mvc.git",
          "type": "git",
          "reference": "master"
        }
      }
    }

  "require": {
    "wp-plugins/wp-mvc": "^1"
  }

I really don't know why, it should work as you suggested.

In case you forked the repo it works like this way

"repositories": [
        {
            "type": "composer",
            "url": "https://asset-packagist.org"
        },
        {
          "type": "vcs",
          "url": "https://github.com/grandeto/faker",
          "no-api": true
        }
    ],
"require": {
   "fzaninotto/faker": "dev-master"
}

https://getcomposer.org/doc/02-libraries.md

Thanks