Changing Symfony\Component\Process code in laravel

Question

I have found a problem in the symfony package and I have a very little fix I want to implement. How to change it with my own code and implement it globally in my laravel.

Answer 1

You can fork the package make the changes, and have the composer package point to your version instead of the primary location.

Here is a quick recap of how to do it:

// for the require
// assuming you forked the repo and made the changes on master branch
require: {
   "symfony/process": "dev-master"
}

// if you don't have this key simply add it:
// replace: YOURNAME with your name (this assumes you are using github, any git repo URL will work)
"repositories": [
    {
        "type": "vcs",
        "url": "https://github.com/YOURNAME/process"
    }
]

Then simply run: composer update

Here is a longer guide and explanation:

https://medium.com/swlh/using-your-own-forks-with-composer-699358db05d9

Might be worth doing a pull request to the maintainer of the package as well, this way you can simply remove your forked package and simply update when the maintainer updates their version.