Composer install "Syncing my-private-repo bundle into cache" extrem slow

[mschweiger90]

Hello everyone,

I have the following problem:
We use a gitlab-ci pipeline for a build process.
This executes a “composer install” command.

The following happens to all public repositories that are installed in this command:
"Downloading my-public-repo-bundle"

The following happens to all private repositories that are installed in this command:
"Syncing my-private-repo-bundle into cache"

The process “Syncing my-private-repo-bundle into cache” takes approx. 1-2 minutes per bundle!
Why is that? Or how can you prevent this?
The bundle from the private repo should not be synced into the cache.

A --no-cache on composer install does not change this behavior.

The private repositories are integrated into the Compser Json as follows:
"repositories": { "0": { "type": "git", "url": "git@gitlab.com:my-private-bundle.git" },...

Many thanks for your help!

[Seldaek]

That's because using git repo definitions like that you force cloning the whole repository to install the package. Using Private Packagist instead to sync those private repos into a single composer repository would make things much easier to use and faster to install.

[stof]

You should use the type vcs rather than git, which would also allow composer to use its special support of gitlab, allowing it to use the gitlab archives instead of cloning the whole repo.