Let's assume you already have a project and it has a composer.json file that looks something like this:
{
"type": "project",
"require": {
"symfony/asset": "5.2.*",
"symfony/console": "5.2.*",
"symfony/dotenv": "5.2.*",
"symfony/expression-language": "5.2.*",
"symfony/flex": "^1.3.1",
"symfony/form": "5.2.*",
"symfony/framework-bundle": "5.2.*",
"symfony/http-client": "5.2.*",
"symfony/intl": "5.2.*",
"symfony/mailer": "5.2.*",
"symfony/mime": "5.2.*",
"symfony/monolog-bundle": "^3.1",
"symfony/notifier": "5.2.*",
"symfony/process": "5.2.*",
"symfony/property-access": "5.2.*",
"symfony/property-info": "5.2.*",
"symfony/security-bundle": "5.2.*",
"symfony/serializer": "5.2.*",
"symfony/string": "5.2.*",
"symfony/translation": "5.2.*",
"symfony/twig-bundle": "^5.2",
"symfony/validator": "5.2.*",
"symfony/web-link": "5.2.*",
"symfony/yaml": "5.2.*"
}
}Log in to violinist.io and add your project
This first step is the easiest. Log in with your Self-hosted Gitlab account on violinist.io. Then you simply add your project directly from the dashboard and wait for it to process.
Receive and merge pull requests from Violinist.io
Your project will now receive updates periodically and automatically when new versions of your dependencies come out. This will manifest itself in Merge Requests to your repository, which you in turn can merge either manually or automatically using some sort of automation.
Depending on your configuration, you can now receive Merge Requests that look something like this:
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index 126383a..e84c938 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -2018,7 +2018,7 @@
},
{
"name": "symfony/asset",
- "version": "v5.1.8",
+ "version": "v5.1.9",
"source": {
"type": "git",
"url": "https://github.com/symfony/asset.git",
@@ -2084,16 +2084,16 @@
},
{
"name": "symfony/cache",
- "version": "v5.1.8",
+ "version": "v5.1.9",
"source": {
"type": "git",
"url": "https://github.com/symfony/cache.git",
- "reference": "d7bc33e9f9028f49f87057e7944c076d9593f046"
+ "reference": "f81360f9acb25aa356bc662d8b32bfaa70d264a9"
},
"dist": {
"type": "zip",
- "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/cache/zipball/d7bc33e9f9028f49f87057e7944c076d9593f046",
- "reference": "d7bc33e9f9028f49f87057e7944c076d9593f046",
+ "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/cache/zipball/f81360f9acb25aa356bc662d8b32bfaa70d264a9",
+ "reference": "f81360f9acb25aa356bc662d8b32bfaa70d264a9",
"shasum": ""
},
"require": {
@@ -2125,6 +2125,7 @@
"symfony/config": "^4.4|^5.0",
"symfony/dependency-injection": "^4.4|^5.0",
"symfony/filesystem": "^4.4|^5.0",
+ "symfony/http-kernel": "^4.4|^5.0",
"symfony/var-dumper": "^4.4|^5.0"
},
"type": "library",
@@ -2170,7 +2171,7 @@
"type": "tidelift"
}
],
- "time": "2020-10-25T23:21:56+00:00"
+ "time": "2020-11-20T22:06:42+00:00"
},
{
"name": "symfony/cache-contracts",
@@ -2250,16 +2251,16 @@
},
{
"name": "symfony/config",
- "version": "v5.1.8",
+ "version": "v5.1.9",
"source": {
"type": "git",
"url": "https://github.com/symfony/config.git",
- "reference": "11baeefa4c179d6908655a7b6be728f62367c193"
+ "reference": "25fe2a2d023c38ade5dbc2d80679462592284ed5"
},
"dist": {
"type": "zip",
- "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/config/zipball/11baeefa4c179d6908655a7b6be728f62367c193",
- "reference": "11baeefa4c179d6908655a7b6be728f62367c193",
+ "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/symfony/config/zipball/25fe2a2d023c38ade5dbc2d80679462592284ed5",
+ "reference": "25fe2a2d023c38ade5dbc2d80679462592284ed5",
"shasum": ""
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