Unrequire command in cli.

[ahilles107]

I need unrequire command on composer cli, or info how to extort package removing from vendor/ directory and fire uninstall composer event.

[kdambekalns]

+1 for this

[ahilles107]

right now we do this with update command and composer.json modification (with php).

[miklosm]

👍 . I just realized I can't remove an outdated dependency without updating. Even though I have specific versions of packages listed I see that dependencies of those packages are getting updated. Kind of sucks. :-/

[stof]

@miklosm It looks to me that you are using an old version of Composer. The latest composer version does not whitelists dependencies of updated packages in partial updates (unless you use the option to ask for it)

[miklosm]

Hi @stof. Could you tell me approximately what 'an old version' would be? It could be the case, since I noticed this during a jenkins build, and I don't think composer is updated on that server.

[stof]

it was changed 4 months ago

[miklosm]

Thank you. It might have been it. Seems like composer on that server is older than that.

[schmunk42]

+1 composer should also warn you, if you're trying to remove a package, which is required by another one.

[stof]

@schmunk42 It will not warn you. It will simply keep it. This is why the command is not named remove. It removes the root requirements, not the package

[stof]

hmm, actually, the PR is using remove, unlike the suggestion done in the title of this issue

[schmunk42]

Thanks, should be obvious :) my fault.
unrequire sounds a bit unusual, but would be logic.

[Seldaek]

See composer remove