Global composer config

[andig]

At least on OSX it should be

export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.composer/vendor/bin"

not

export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin"

Not sure if the .config is working on other *nix versions?

[sstalle]

I changed it from $HOME/.composer to $HOME/.config/composer some time ago (see #103 ). I think the latter is used by default on new Ubuntu versions. Some of the other possible options are decribed in the Composer documentation, to which there is a link from README.md.

I'm not sure what can be done to make the fact this directory is OS-dependent more explicit. Listing the available options by copying and pasting part of the Composer documentation doesn't seem like a good idea to me. Do you have any suggestions on how to make it work better?

[andig]

Do you have any suggestions on how to make it work better?

Not really as I don't have exposure to a broad level of distros. Only adding both pathes could make it copy/paste?

It just seems that the general statement of #103 is wrong. Its only a minor thing though.

[sstalle]

It just seems that the general statement of #103 is wrong.

It definitely does not apply to every OS/distro out there. I just thought that adding $HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin and a link to the Composer doc that lists other possible alternatives would be enough. But maybe you are right and I should add all the cases that we are currently aware of to the installation guide. That would probably make a better user experience. It just feels somewhat wrong to repeat the things that are already explained pretty good elsewhere.

Thanks for bringing it up anyway, I'll think about ways of making the install guide more clear.