composer install from source with platform.sh recipe

[aimfeld]

platform.sh runs composer install with --prefer-dist, see https://docs.platform.sh/languages/php.html#build-flavor
Lando seems to also use the --prefer-dist flag. With lando, I'd like to install packages by cloud-solutions from source, so I add the following to my composer.json, see https://getcomposer.org/doc/06-config.md#preferred-install:

"config": {
    "preferred-install": {
      "cloud-solutions/*": "source"
    }
  }

However, the --prefer-dist flag specified for composer install takes precedence, see https://getcomposer.org/doc/03-cli.md#install-i. My config is therefore ignored.

Is there a way to override the composer install flags platform.sh uses?

[reynoldsalec]

Hmm, I'm guessing this is something that you'd need to configure in the Platform.sh config files if it is possible; maybe @chadwcarlson or someone else would have an idea of the top of their head...

[aimfeld]

@reynoldsalec Ideally, on platform.sh I would like to install all dependencies from dist, so the --prefer-dist flag makes sense. On lando however, it would be great to be able to override this and install certain dependencies from source, since it's meant for local development.

[aimfeld]

For now, I'm using a build-step to delete and reinstall our own dependencies from source:

run:
  - rm -rf vendor/cloud-solutions; composer update --prefer-source cloud-solutions/*