Is it possible to ignore child dependencies in Composer config?

Question

When I run composer install, it will install all my \"require\" and the \"require\" of the other package.

My composer.json

{
    \"name\": \"my_app\"         


        

Answer 1

Another option could be to modify the composer.json of the child package and to remove the required dependencies. Then you could host the zip file and add reference it by adding an extra repository for your main package.

"repositories": [
    {
        "type": "package",
        "package": {
            "name": "dr-que/x-y",
            "version": "master",
            "dist": {
                "type": "zip",
                "url": "http://xyplot.drque.net/Downloads/XY_Plot-1.4.zip",
                "reference": "master"
            },
            "autoload": {
                "classmap": ["."]
            }
        }
    }
]

Then in your require section, add your selected name as follows.

"require": {
    "dr-que/x-y": "dev-master"
}

For the autoload, I just copied the same autoload section of the child package.

The original solution can be found here