Add FAQ: composer patches hanging on macOS#63
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Because MageBox runs natively on macOS, BSD patch is used instead of GNU patch. BSD patch hangs interactively when patch file paths don't resolve, which affects projects using cweagans/composer-patches with vendor-prefixed paths. Documents the cause and fix. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Maybe add the hint to switch to the vastly superior vaimo/composer-patches? |
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Agreed, add a hint to use |
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I didn't know of vaimo/composer-patches. I'll check it out and add the hint. Thanks. |
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Done @peterjaap |
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Summary
composer installhangs when applying patches viacweagans/composer-patchespatchon macOS prompts interactively when file paths don't resolve, unlike GNUpatchon Linux which tries harder to find filesvendor/<package>/prefix from patch file pathsContext
MageBox runs PHP natively on macOS, so
composer installuses the macOS BSDpatchbinary. Docker-based tools (DDEV, Warden) run inside Linux containers where GNUpatchis more forgiving with incorrect paths. This is a common gotcha when migrating projects from Docker-based setups to MageBox.