Composer install package via VCS such as GitLab (Private package requirement)

composer-install-vcs.md

Composer install package via VCS such as GitLab

(Private package requirement)

1. Create composer.json:

{
    "repositories": [                                             
        {                                                         
            "type": "vcs",                                        
            "url": "git@gitlab.com:name/lib-name.git"
        }                                                         
    ]
}

After that, the Composer could install packages via Packagist and your VCS.

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2. Composer Install

First, check the current user has the ssh-key permission to access VCS git-ssh repositories.

Then run Composer require for VCS git package with --no-interaction:

composer -n require name/lib-name

--no-interaction would skip auth.json for VCS repositories such as GitLab API, and use giving url to access instead.