Laravel – Add / Modify a local Composer package

This is a quick demo of how to add a composer package to your project locally for use in Laravel.

I used this when I was extending an existing package.

 

Keeping things tidy

I keep all my local composer packages in a single directory

C:_composer_packages

I pull the repo into its own directory within my packages folder

Add Repo and Dependencies to composer

Path: composer.json

"require": {
...
"socialiteproviders/cognito": "*",
...
},
"repositories": [{
"type": "path",
"url": "C:\_composer_packages\Providers\src\Cognito"
}],

composer update

You should now see the package/modifications available in your Laravel vendor directory