fix: ensure first composer install symlinks local packages

.github/workflows/quickstart-examples.yml

@@ -120,10 +120,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "Kafka failed to start within 60 seconds"
           exit 1
 
-      - name: Enable merge-plugin
-        run: composer global config --no-interaction allow-plugins.wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin true && composer global require wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin
-        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/${{ matrix.package.directory }}
-
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: composer update --${{ matrix.stability }} --no-interaction
         working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/${{ matrix.package.directory }}

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -171,6 +171,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "${{ secrets.ECOTONE_ENTERPRISE_PUBLIC_KEY }}" > ${{ matrix.package.directory }}/src/Messaging/Config/Licence/key.pem
 
+      - name: Strip monorepo-only path repositories from composer.json
+        run: php bin/strip-monorepo-repositories.php "${{ matrix.package.directory }}"
+
       -
         uses: "danharrin/monorepo-split-github-action@v2.4.0"
         if: "startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')"

.github/workflows/split-testing.yml

@@ -127,9 +127,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "Kafka failed to start within 60 seconds"
           exit 1
 
-      - name: Enable merge-plugin
-        run: composer global config --no-interaction allow-plugins.wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin true && composer global require wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin
-
       - name: Remove grpc dependent packages (ext-grpc not available on PHP 8.5)
         if: matrix.php-version == '8.5'
         run: cd packages/OpenTelemetry && composer remove --dev --no-update open-telemetry/transport-grpc

_PackageTemplate/composer.json

@@ -15,8 +15,20 @@
             "email": "support@simplycodedsoftware.com"
         }
     ],
-    "keywords": ["ecotone", "_PackageTemplate"],
+    "keywords": [
+        "ecotone",
+        "_PackageTemplate"
+    ],
     "description": "Extends Ecotone with _PackageTemplate integration",
+    "repositories": [
+        {
+            "type": "path",
+            "url": "../*",
+            "options": {
+                "symlink": true
+            }
+        }
+    ],
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
             "Ecotone\\_PackageTemplate\\": "src"
@@ -35,8 +47,7 @@
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.5|^10.5|^11.0",
         "phpstan/phpstan": "^1.8",
-        "psr/container": "^2.0",
-        "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": "^2.1"
+        "psr/container": "^2.0"
     },
     "scripts": {
         "tests:phpstan": "vendor/bin/phpstan",
@@ -53,11 +64,6 @@
         "ecotone": {
             "repository": "_PackageTemplate"
         },
-        "merge-plugin": {
-            "include": [
-                "../local_packages.json"
-            ]
-        },
         "license-info": {
             "Apache-2.0": {
                 "name": "Apache License 2.0",
@@ -69,10 +75,5 @@
                 "description": "Allows to use Enterprise features of Ecotone. For more information please write to support@simplycodedsoftware.com"
             }
         }
-    },
-    "config": {
-        "allow-plugins": {
-            "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": true
-        }
     }
 }

bin/strip-monorepo-repositories.php

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env php
+<?php
+
+$directory = $argv[1] ?? throw new InvalidArgumentException('Pass directory to strip path repositories from');
+if (!is_dir($directory)) {
+    throw new InvalidArgumentException("Directory does not exist: $directory");
+}
+
+$iterator = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(
+    new RecursiveCallbackFilterIterator(
+        new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($directory, RecursiveDirectoryIterator::SKIP_DOTS),
+        fn ($current) => $current->getFilename() !== 'vendor'
+    )
+);
+
+foreach ($iterator as $file) {
+    if ($file->getFilename() !== 'composer.json') {
+        continue;
+    }
+
+    $path = $file->getPathname();
+    $composer = json_decode(file_get_contents($path), true);
+    if (!is_array($composer) || !isset($composer['repositories'])) {
+        continue;
+    }
+
+    $composer['repositories'] = array_values(array_filter(
+        $composer['repositories'],
+        fn ($repository) => ($repository['type'] ?? null) !== 'path'
+    ));
+
+    if (empty($composer['repositories'])) {
+        unset($composer['repositories']);
+    }
+
+    file_put_contents(
+        $path,
+        json_encode($composer, JSON_PRETTY_PRINT | JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE) . "\n"
+    );
+
+    echo "stripped: $path\n";
+}

composer.json

@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@
         "service-bus"
     ],
     "description": "Enterprise architecture layer for Laravel and Symfony — CQRS, Event Sourcing, Sagas, Projections, Workflows, and Outbox messaging via PHP attributes.",
+    "repositories": [
+        {
+            "type": "path",
+            "url": "packages/*",
+            "options": {
+                "symlink": true
+            }
+        }
+    ],
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
             "Ecotone\\": [
@@ -138,7 +147,6 @@
         "symfony/console": "^6.4|^7.0|^8.0",
         "symfony/framework-bundle": "^6.4|^7.0|^8.0",
         "symfony/dependency-injection": "^6.4|^7.0|^8.0",
-        "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": "^2.1",
         "php-di/php-di": "^7.0.5",
         "open-telemetry/sdk": "^1.0.0",
         "psr/container": "^1.1.1|^2.0.1",
@@ -190,11 +198,6 @@
                 "Ecotone\\Laravel\\EcotoneProvider"
             ]
         },
-        "merge-plugin": {
-            "include": [
-                "local-packages.json"
-            ]
-        },
         "license-info": {
             "Apache-2.0": {
                 "name": "Apache License 2.0",
@@ -239,7 +242,6 @@
     },
     "config": {
         "allow-plugins": {
-            "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": true,
             "php-http/discovery": false,
             "tbachert/spi": false
         },

docker-compose.yml

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ services:
       SQS_DSN: sqs:?key=key&secret=secret&region=us-east-1&endpoint=http://localstack:4566&version=latest
       REDIS_DSN: redis://redis:6379
       KAFKA_DSN: kafka:9092
-      APP_MERGE_PLUGIN: "yes"
     env_file:
       - ".env"
   app8_2:
@@ -44,7 +43,6 @@ services:
       SQS_DSN: sqs:?key=key&secret=secret&region=us-east-1&endpoint=http://localstack:4566&version=latest
       REDIS_DSN: redis://redis:6379
       KAFKA_DSN: kafka:9092
-      APP_MERGE_PLUGIN: "yes"
     env_file:
       - ".env"
   database:

packages/Amqp/composer.json

@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@
         "domain driven design"
     ],
     "description": "AMQP / RabbitMQ transport for Ecotone asynchronous messaging, outbox, and dead letter.",
+    "repositories": [
+        {
+            "type": "path",
+            "url": "../*",
+            "options": {
+                "symlink": true
+            }
+        }
+    ],
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
             "Ecotone\\Amqp\\": "src"
@@ -51,7 +60,6 @@
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.5|^11.0",
         "phpstan/phpstan": "^1.8",
         "doctrine/annotations": "^1.13|^2.0",
-        "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": "^2.1",
         "ext-amqp": "*",
         "enqueue/amqp-ext": "^0.10.18",
         "enqueue/amqp-lib": "^0.10.25"
@@ -89,11 +97,6 @@
         "ecotone": {
             "repository": "amqp"
         },
-        "merge-plugin": {
-            "include": [
-                "../local_packages.json"
-            ]
-        },
         "license-info": {
             "Apache-2.0": {
                 "name": "Apache License 2.0",
@@ -106,10 +109,5 @@
             }
         },
         "release-time": "2026-05-04 16:26:55"
-    },
-    "config": {
-        "allow-plugins": {
-            "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": true
-        }
     }
-}
+}

packages/DataProtection/composer.json

@@ -23,6 +23,15 @@
         "Secure Messages"
     ],
     "description": "Field-level encryption and PII masking for Ecotone messages \u2014 GDPR-friendly data protection with crypto-shredding.",
+    "repositories": [
+        {
+            "type": "path",
+            "url": "../*",
+            "options": {
+                "symlink": true
+            }
+        }
+    ],
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
             "Ecotone\\DataProtection\\": "src"
@@ -45,8 +54,7 @@
     "require-dev": {
         "ecotone/pdo-event-sourcing": "~1.310.0",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^11.0",
-        "phpstan/phpstan": "^2.1",
-        "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": "^2.1"
+        "phpstan/phpstan": "^2.1"
     },
     "suggest": {
         "ext-simplexml": "Required if application/xml is used as serialization media type"
@@ -69,11 +77,6 @@
         "ecotone": {
             "repository": "data-protection"
         },
-        "merge-plugin": {
-            "include": [
-                "../local_packages.json"
-            ]
-        },
         "license-info": {
             "Apache-2.0": {
                 "name": "Apache License 2.0",
@@ -86,10 +89,5 @@
             }
         },
         "release-time": "2026-05-04 16:26:55"
-    },
-    "config": {
-        "allow-plugins": {
-            "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": true
-        }
     }
-}
+}

packages/Dbal/composer.json

@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@
         "ecotone"
     ],
     "description": "Doctrine DBAL integration for Ecotone \u2014 database-backed message channel, outbox pattern, dead letter queue, and document store.",
+    "repositories": [
+        {
+            "type": "path",
+            "url": "../*",
+            "options": {
+                "symlink": true
+            }
+        }
+    ],
     "autoload": {
         "psr-4": {
             "Ecotone\\Dbal\\": "src",
@@ -45,7 +54,6 @@
         "doctrine/orm": "^2.11|^3.0",
         "doctrine/cache": "^1.0.0|^2.0",
         "doctrine/annotations": "^1.13|^2.0",
-        "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": "^2.1",
         "ecotone/jms-converter": "~1.310.0",
         "symfony/expression-language": "^6.4|^7.0|^8.0"
     },
@@ -64,11 +72,6 @@
         "ecotone": {
             "repository": "dbal"
         },
-        "merge-plugin": {
-            "include": [
-                "../local_packages.json"
-            ]
-        },
         "license-info": {
             "Apache-2.0": {
                 "name": "Apache License 2.0",
@@ -82,12 +85,7 @@
         },
         "release-time": "2026-05-04 16:26:55"
     },
-    "config": {
-        "allow-plugins": {
-            "wikimedia/composer-merge-plugin": true
-        }
-    },
     "conflict": {
         "enqueue/dbal": "*"
     }
-}
+}