1.6.4

• Security fixes in some edge case scenarios, recommended update for all users
• Fixed regression in version guessing of path repositories
• Fixed removing aliased packages from the repository, which might resolve some odd update bugs
• Fixed updating of package URLs for GitLab
• Fixed run-script --list failing when script handlers were defined
• Fixed init command not respecting the current php version when selecting package versions
• Fixed handling of uppercase package names in why/why-not commands
• Fixed exclude-from-classmap symlink handling
• Fixed filesystem permissions of PEAR binaries
• Improved performance of subversion repos
• Other minor fixes

1.6.3

• Fixed GitLab downloads failing in some edge cases
• Fixed ctrl-C handling during create-project
• Fixed GitHub VCS repositories not prompting for a token in some conditions
• Fixed SPDX license identifiers being case sensitive
• Fixed and clarified a few dependency resolution error reporting strings
• Fixed SVN commit log fetching in verbose mode when using private repositories

1.6.2

• Fixed more autoloader regressions
• Fixed support for updating dist refs in gitlab URLs

1.6.1

• Fixed upgrade regression due to some autoloader cleanups
• Fixed some overly loose version constraints

1.6.0

• Improved performance of installs and updates from git clones when checking out known commits
• Added check-platform-reqs command that checks that your PHP and extensions versions match the platform requirements of the installed packages
• Added support for SPDX license identifiers v3.0, deprecates GPL/LGPL/AGPL identifiers, which should now have a -only or -or-later suffix added.
• Added --with-all-dependencies to the update and require commands which updates all dependencies of the listed packages, including those that are direct root requirements
• Added scripts-descriptions key to composer.json to customize the description and document your custom commands
• Added support for the uppercase NO_PROXY env var
• Added support for COMPOSER_DEFAULT_{AUTHOR,LICENSE,EMAIL,VENDOR} env vars to pre-populate init command values
• Added support for COMPOSER_MEMORY_LIMIT env var to make Composer set the PHP memory limit explicitly
• Added support for simple strings for the bin
• Added support for local fossil repositories
• Added suggestions for alternative spellings when entering packages in init and require commands and nothing can be found
• Fixed installed.json data to be sorted alphabetically by package name
• Fixed compatibility with Symfony 4.x components that Composer uses

1.6.0-RC

Run composer self-update --preview to try this out!

• Improved performance of installs and updates from git clones when checking out known commits
• Added check-platform-reqs command that checks that your PHP and extensions versions match the platform requirements of the installed packages
• Added --with-all-dependencies to the update and require commands which updates all dependencies of the listed packages, including those that are direct root requirements
• Added scripts-descriptions key to composer.json to customize the description and document your custom commands
• Added support for the uppercase NO_PROXY env var
• Added support for COMPOSER_DEFAULT_{AUTHOR,LICENSE,EMAIL,VENDOR} env vars to pre-populate init command values
• Added support for local fossil repositories
• Added suggestions for alternative spellings when entering packages in init and require commands and nothing can be found
• Fixed installed.json data to be sorted alphabetically by package name
• Fixed compatibility with Symfony 4.x components that Composer uses

1.5.6

• Fixed root package version guessed when a tag is checked out
• Fixed support for GitLab repos hosted on non-standard ports
• Fixed regression in require command when requiring unstable packages, part 3

1.5.5

• Fixed regression in require command when requiring unstable packages, part 2

1.5.4

• Fixed regression in require command when requiring unstable packages

1.5.3

• Fixed require/remove commands reverting the composer.json change when a non-solver-related error occurs
• Fixed GitLabDriver to support installations of GitLab not at the root of the domain
• Fixed create-project not following the optimize-autoloader flag of the root package
• Fixed Authorization header being forwarded across domains after a redirect
• Improved some error messages for clarity