Magento 2 Composer Installer

Usage

In composer.json of the component specify:

• type - type of Magento 2 component
• extra/map - list of files to move and their location relative to the path they will be located in the application

Supported Components

Magento Module

Type: magento2-module

Installation location: app/code

Example:

{
    "name": "magento/module-core",
    "description": "N/A",
    "require": {
        ...
    },
    "type": "magento2-module",
    "extra": {
        "map": [
            [
                "*",
                "Magento/Core"
            ]
        ]
    }
}

Final location will be <root>/app/code/Magento/Core

Magento Theme

Type: magento2-theme

Installation location: app/design

Example:

{
    "name": "magento/theme-frontend-plushe",
    "description": "N/A",
    "require": {
        ...
    },
    "type": "magento2-theme",
    "extra": {
        "map": [
            [
                "*",
                "frontend/Magento/plushe"
            ]
        ]
    }
}

Final location will be <root>/app/design/frontend/Magento/plushe

Magento Language Package

Type: magento2-language

Installation location: app/i18n

Example:

{
    "name": "magento/language-de_de",
    "description": "German (Germany) language",
    "require": {
        ...
    },
    "type": "magento2-language",
    "extra": {
        "map": [
            [
                "*",
                "Magento/de_DE"
            ]
        ]
    }
}

Final location will be <root>/app/i18n/Magento/de_DE

Magento Library

Support for libraries located in lib/internal instead of vendor directory.

Installation location: lib/internal

Type: magento2-library

Example:

{
    "name": "magento/framework",
    "description": "N/A",
    "require": {
       ...
    },
    "type": "magento2-library",
    "extra": {
        "map": [
            [
                "*",
                "Magento/Framework"
            ]
        ]
    }
}

Final location will be <root>/lib/internal/Magento/Framework

Magento Component

Default type, if none is specified.

Installation location: . (root directory of the code base)

Type: magento2-component

Example:

{
    "name": "magento/migration-tool",
    "description": "N/A",
    "require": {
        ...
    },
    "type": "magento2-component",
    "extra": {
        "map": [
            [
                "*",
                "tools/Magento/Migration"
            ]
        ]
    }
}

Final location will be <root>/tools/Magento/Migration