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Getting started with Yii2 development
The best way to have a locally runnable webapp that uses codebase cloned from main repository is to use yii2-dev
Composer package. Here's how to do it:
git clone git@github.com:yiisoft/yii2-app-basic.git.- Remove
.gitdirectory from cloned directory. - Change
composer.json. Instead of all stable requirements add just one"yiisoft/yii2-dev": "*". - Execute
composer create-project. - Now you have working playground that uses latest code.
Note that requirements of extensions that come with yii2-dev are not loaded automatically.
If you want to use an extension, check if there are dependencies suggested for it and add them
to your composer.json. You can see suggested packages by running composer show yiisoft/yii2-dev.
If you're core developer there's no extra step needed. You can change framework code under
vendor/yiisoft/yii2-dev and push it to main repository.
If you're not core developer or want to use your own fork for pull requests:
- Fork
https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2and get your own repository address such asgit://github.com/username/yii2.git. - Edit
vendor/yiisoft/yii2-dev/.git/config. Change remoteoriginurl to your own:
[remote "origin"]
url = git://github.com/username/yii2.git
Hint: The workflow of forking a package and pushing changes back into your fork and then sending a pull-request to the maintainer is the same for all extensions you require via composer.