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Used this when you (I think) posted it before :) thanks
Oct 15, 2014
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Quickly find the version number of a composer package
I often need to find the most recent version of a package. Rather than open up packagist, add the following to your .bashrc file (or similar):
alias ver='function _versions() { composer show $1 | grep versions }; _versions'
We can now run ver package name to get a list of versions:
$ ver illuminate/html
versions : * dev-master, 5.0.x-dev, 4.2.x-dev, v4.2.9, v4.2.8, v4.2.7, v4.2.6, v4.2.5, v4.2.4, v4.2.3, v4.2.2, v4.2.1, v4.2.0-BETA1, 4.1.x-dev, v4.1.30, v4.1.29, v4.1.28, v4.1.27, v4.1.26, v4.1.25, v4.1.24, v4.1.23, v4.1.22, v4.1.21, v4.1.20, v4.1.19, v4.1.18, v4.1.17, v4.1.16, v4.1.15, v4.1.14, v4.1.13, v4.1.12, v4.1.11, v4.1.10, v4.1.9, v4.1.8, v4.1.7, v4.1.6, v4.1.5, v4.1.4, v4.1.3, v4.1.2, v4.1.1, v4.1.0, 4.0.x-dev, v4.0.10, v4.0.9, v4.0.8, v4.0.7, v4.0.6, v4.0.5, v4.0.4, v4.0.3, v4.0.2, v4.0.1, v4.0.0, v4.0.0-BETA4
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Quick note that if you update Composer...
composer self-update
You can simply do...
composer require illuminate/html
And that'll give you the latest version automatically. You won't have to specify a version like you used to.
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Level 65
That's a cool addition to the above command. I for one like to see the versions quickly, I've wanted to use an older one before and this came in handy.
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