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You will find here 9 code snippets I find useful so I don't have to Google ™ or Stackoverflow ™ them when I need. There are also code snippets I always forget! 😁 Sometimes, related links to the code will be available. The main difference with other random snippets you will find on the web is that in most cases (for the Symfony related ones) you will be able to run them directly from this website to check the output so you can verify it works as expected ™.

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Getting the diff between a tag and the current branch with Git

This snippet shows how to get the difference between a tag and the current branch with Git. It is straightforward; we have to pass...

GIT

Published on 2024-01-28 • Modified on 2024-01-28

GIT branch diff "%tag%" tag

Detecting modified files in the vendor directory with composer

This snippet shows how to list modified files in the vendor directory with composer. We all did it! Modifying files in the vendor ...

composer

Published on 2022-08-01 • Modified on 2022-08-01

composer GIT statut Debug vendor

Using a stable version of a package, whatever the major version with composer

This snippet shows how to use a stable version of a package, whatever the major version with composer. We generally use major requ...

composer

Published on 2021-10-03 • Modified on 2021-10-03

composer GIT semver stable

Using a specific branch instead of a version with composer

In this snippet, we see how to use a specific branch instead of a version with composer. Sometimes, this can be useful for testing...

composer

Published on 2021-10-02 • Modified on 2021-10-02

composer GIT semver branch bug

Creating a Git commit without change

In this snippet, we will see how to create a Git commit without actual changes on your files. It can be useful sometimes to force ...

GIT

Published on 2021-03-06 • Modified on 2021-03-06

GIT

Viewing the content of the last Git stash

It's more a note than a snippet, but I wanted to have it at my disposal as I always forget. Also note that to delete the last stas...

GIT

Published on 2021-01-16 • Modified on 2021-01-16

GIT dev memo

Git pre-deploy hooks to avoid deploying with local changes

In this snippet, we will see how to prevent deploying when you have local changes, and you didn't push all your work to your deplo...

GIT

Published on 2021-01-05 • Modified on 2021-01-05

GIT hook Deploy DevOps

Freezing a composer dependency to a given commit

In this snippet, we will see how to freeze a composer dependency to a given commit. It can be useful sometimes to avoid a bug that...

composer

Published on 2020-12-23 • Modified on 2020-12-23

composer GIT

Using the master version of a composer package without modifying the minimum-stability flag

This is a super useful trick to test packages at arbitrary versions. In the following example, the master branch of the friendsofs...

composer

Published on 2020-01-11 • Modified on 2020-01-12

composer GIT