README

Hermes is a Composer plugin that helps you manage asset files by creating symbolic links. This plugin reads a .hermes file from your package and maps the specified files to a designated asset directory in your project.

Installation

To install Hermes, run the following command in your project directory:

composer require digilabscz/hermes

Configuration

After installing the plugin, you need to configure it in your composer.json file. Specify the asset directory where you want the symbolic links to be created using the extra section.

{
    "require": {
        "digilabscz/hermes": "*"
    },
    "extra": {
        "hermes-assets-dir": "www/assets"
    }
}

Usage

1. Define Assets in Packages: In any Composer package that contains assets you want to be symlinked, create a file named .hermes in the root directory of the package. List the paths to the asset files relative to the package root in this file.

   Example .hermes file:

    /js/datagrid.js
    /css/styles.css
   

2. Install Packages: When you install or update your Composer dependencies, the plugin will automatically read the .hermes files from each package and create the specified symbolic links in the configured asset directory.

3. Uninstall Packages: When you uninstall a package, the plugin will remove the symbolic links associated with that package from the asset directory.

Example

Given the following .hermes file in the digilabscz/datagrid package:

/js/datagrid.js

And the following configuration in your main project's composer.json:

{
    "require": {
        "digilabscz/hermes": "*"
    },
    "extra": {
        "hermes-assets-dir": "www/assets"
    }
}

After running composer install, the plugin will create the following symbolic link:

[ROOT_DIR]/www/assets/vendor/digilabscz/datagrid/js/datagrid.js -> [ROOT_DIR]/vendor/digilabscz/datagrid/js/datagrid.js

Error Handling

If the hermes-assets-dir is not specified in the extra section of your composer.json, the plugin will throw an error and stop execution:

Hermes assets directory is not specified in composer.json

Make sure to configure the hermes-assets-dir to avoid this error.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.