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: 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. Please refer to [Git workflow for Yii 2 contributors](git-workflow.md) for details about creating pull requests.