2.1.0-RC1 - released 2021-06-02

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Changelog

  • Bumped composer-runtime-api and composer-plugin-api to 2.1.0
  • UX Change: The default install method for packages is now always dist/zip, even for dev packages, added --prefer-install=auto if you want the old behavior (#9603)
  • UX Change: Packages from path repositories which are symlinked in the vendor dir will always be updated in partial updates to avoid mistakes when the original composer.json changes but the symlinked package is not explicitly updated (#9765)
  • Added reinstall command that takes one or more package names, including wildcard (*) support, and removes then reinstalls them in the exact same version they had (#9915)
  • Added support for parallel package installs on Windows via 7-Zip if it is installed (#9875)
  • Added detection of invalid composer.lock files that do not fulfill the composer.json requirements to validate command (#9899)
  • Added InstalledVersions::getInstalledPackagesByType(string $type) to retrieve installed plugins for example, read more (#9699)
  • Added InstalledVersions::getInstalledPath(string $packageName) to retrieve the install path of a given package, read more (#9699)
  • Added flag to InstalledVersions::isInstalled() to allow excluding dev requirements from that check (#9682)
  • Added support for PHP 8.1 enums in autoloader / classmap generation (#9670)
  • Added support for using @php binary-name foo in scripts to refer to a binary without using its full path, but forcing to use the same PHP version as Composer used (#9726)
  • Added --format=json support to the fund command (#9678)
  • Added --format=json support to the search command (#9747)
  • Added COMPOSER_DEV_MODE env var definition within the run-script command for compatibility (#9793)
  • Added async uninstall of packages (#9618)
  • Added color legend to outdated and show --latest commands (#9716)
  • Added secure-svn-domains config option to mark secure svn:// hostnames and suppress warnings without disabling secure-http (#9872)
  • Added gitlab-protocol config option to allow forcing git or http URLs for all gitlab repos loaded inline, instead of the default of git for private and http for public (#9401)
  • Added generation of autoload rules in init command (#9829)
  • Added source/dist validation in validate command
  • Added automatic detection of WSL when generating binaries and use bin-compat:full implicitly (#9855)
  • Added automatic detection of the --no-dev state for dump-autoload based on the last install run (#9714)
  • Added warning/prompt to require command if requiring a package that already exists in require-dev or vice versa (#9542)
  • Added information about package conflicts in the why/why-not commands (#9693)
  • Removed version argument from why command as it was not needed (#9729)
  • Fixed why-not command to always require a specific version as it is useless without (#9729)
  • Fixed cache dir on macOS to follow OS guidelines, it is now in ~/Library/Caches/composer (#9898)
  • Fixed composer.json JSON schema to avoid having name/description required by default (#9912)
  • Fixed support for running inside WSL paths from a Windows PHP/Composer (#9861)
  • Fixed InstalledVersions to include the original doc blocks when installed from a Composer phar file
  • Fixed require command to use * as constraint for extensions bundled with PHP instead of duplicating the PHP constraint (#9483)
  • Fixed search output to be aligned and avoid wrapped long lines to be more readable (#9455)
  • Error output improvements for many cases (#9876, #9837, #9928, and some smaller improvements)