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vaimo/composer-patches

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Applies a patch from a local or remote file to any package that is part of a given composer project. Patches can be defined both on project and on package level. Optional support for patch versioning, sequencing, custom patch applier configuration and patch command for testing/troubleshooting added patches.

Last release 3 months ago
12 Jun 2026
Release timing varies
gaps range from 2 weeks to 12 months
Nearly every release is documented
notes for 60 of the last 60 stable releases
Nothing withdrawn
no release was ever pulled
9 years old
204 releases · first in 2017

Release timeline

204 releases since 2017

Releases

3.11.021 Dec 20172 sources agree
reset all patched packages when vaimo/composer-patches in removed from a project (with an option of leaving the patches applied)
Feature

reset all patched packages when vaimo/composer-patches in removed from a project (with an option of leaving the patches applied)

added the possibility for a project to define custom patch appliers or override the ones that are built into the package (see: Patcher Configuration)

Fix

avoid crashing at the end of a composer operation when vaimo/composer-patches was removed while it was executing, but it's plugin class remains loaded and triggers an action after all install/uninstall actions are done

Links: src diff
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3.10.418 Dec 20172 sources agree
### Fix * changes to package meta-data Links: src diff
Fix

changes to package meta-data

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3.10.29 Oct 20172 sources agree

declaration of 'depends' was overriding 'version'. Constraints defined on those keys are now merged

Fix

declaration of 'depends' was overriding 'version'. Constraints defined on those keys are now merged
patch applied when single version constraint was matched even when multiple ones defined

Links: src diff

Open source →

3.10.18 Oct 20172 sources agree

### Maintenance * changes to package metadata Links: src diff

Maintenance

changes to package metadata

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3.9.06 Oct 20172 sources agree

added new environment flag to force patcher to extract the patch info from vendor folder instead of using the information from installed.json (mainly

Feature

added new environment flag to force patcher to extract the patch info from vendor folder instead of using the information from installed.json (mainly for patch maintenance)

Links: src diff

Open source →

3.8.16 Oct 20172 sources agree

process every source path and check for 'skip' flag. In certain cases, the source-path flag was ignored

Fix

process every source path and check for 'skip' flag. In certain cases, the source-path flag was ignored

Links: src diff

Open source →

3.8.06 Oct 20172 sources agree

allow patches to be skipped by adding 'skip' flag in it's definition (good as maintenance flags when doing major base-framework upgrades)

Feature

allow patches to be skipped by adding 'skip' flag in it's definition (good as maintenance flags when doing major base-framework upgrades)

Fix

excluded patches required develop to specify patch owner vendor path instead of just the path that was relative to the patch owner folder

Links: src diff

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3.7.123 Sept 20172 sources agree

code cleanup (some debugging code removed)

Maintenance

code cleanup (some debugging code removed)

Links: src diff

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3.7.023 Sept 20172 sources agree

added version branching for sequenced items

Feature

added version branching for sequenced items
added simplified version branching format where json object key is constraint and value the source

Links: src diff

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3.6.029 Aug 20172 sources agree

allow multiple patch files to be declared under same label (see: Version branching)

Feature

allow multiple patch files to be declared under same label (see: Version branching)
allow certain patches for packages to be excluded (see: Environment variables)

Fix

restored backwards compatibility with PHP versions that do not support new new array markup

Links: src diff

Open source →

3.5.229 Aug 20172 sources agree

make sure that path normalizer does not touch root-level patch declarations

Fix

make sure that path normalizer does not touch root-level patch declarations

Links: src diff

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3.5.110 Jul 20172 sources agree

make sure that 'resetting patched package' is not shown when package is indirectly targeted

Fix

make sure that 'resetting patched package' is not shown when package is indirectly targeted

Links: src diff

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3.5.09 Jul 20172 sources agree

allow bundled patches (that target multiple packages) to be declared, tracked, reverted correctly when changed or removed (see: Bundled patches)

Feature

allow bundled patches (that target multiple packages) to be declared, tracked, reverted correctly when changed or removed (see: Bundled patches)

Links: src diff

Open source →

3.4.39 Jul 2017

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3.4.29 Jul 2017

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3.4.19 Jul 2017

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3.4.09 Jul 20172 sources agree

allow dev-only patches to be declared (see: Development patches)

Feature

allow dev-only patches to be declared (see: Development patches)

Links: src diff

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3.3.27 Jul 2017

Nothing published for this version

3.3.115 Jun 2017

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3.3.015 Jun 2017

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3.2.17 Jun 2017

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3.2.07 Jun 2017

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3.1.07 Jun 2017

Nothing published for this version

3.0.07 Jun 2017

Nothing published for this version

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