Composer Using Local Repositories and Branches

composer_path.json

{
  "repositories": [
      {
        "type": "path",
        "url": "../relative/project/path"
      }
    ],
    "require": {
      "${project}": "dev-${branch}"
    }
}

composer_vcs.json

{
  "repositories": [
      {
        "type": "vcs",
        "url": "/absolute/project/path"
      }
    ],
    "require": {
      "${project}": "dev-${branch}"
    }
}

notes.md

Notes

You can pull in a local project (e.g. for testing changes) using either vcs or path repository types in Composer:

VCS

Put the path to the local project VCS (Git, Hg, SVN etc) in the url field.

See: composer_vcs.json

Path

Put the relative path to the local project in the url field.

See: composer_path.json

Branch

Prefix the branch name you want to use with dev-, so my-branch becomes dev-my-branch.

If you want your branch to behave like specific version, you can also use the as keyword: dev-my-branch as 13.x-dev

Links

Install a Local Package with Composer

Using a Branch as a Dependency in Composer

Composer Path Repositories

Installing a Local Composer Package in your PHP Project

Composer Version Aliases

Thanks a lot!!!, This was helpful.

Great, helped a newcomers..
repositories type "path" work by creating junction instead copying whole project on windows 10

thanks, helpful.

Thanks a lot!!!, This was helpful.