Getting started with Yii2 development
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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:
1. `git clone git@github.com:yiisoft/yii2-app-basic.git` .
2. Remove `.git` directory from cloned directory.
3. Change `composer.json` . Instead of all stable requirements add just one `"yiisoft/yii2-dev": "*"` .
4. Execute `composer create-project` . Do not add `--prefer-dist` to the command since it will not download git repository
then.
5. 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:
1. Fork `https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2` and get your own repository address such as
`git://github.com/username/yii2.git` .
2. Edit `vendor/yiisoft/yii2-dev/.git/config` . Change remote `origin` url 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.
