json vs lock #9777
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I deleted composer.json file. BUt I have the lock file. |
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The lock file contains the information about how dependencies are been resolved. but it does not copy all the information about your root project, which are in the composer.json. |
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Is there any way to retrieve the json file ? |
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Well, not from composer. Its job is not to backup your files. |
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Which specific information did you mention in the first comment ? Could you help me with some resources that might clarify the underlying mechanism ? I mean what's actually going on there ? I tried some random blogs but that didn't work. |
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well, everything that is in your composer.json:
The composer.json is not meant to be removed once you have updated your dependencies (which generates a lock file). the 2 files are complementary. |
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well, thank you |
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Hi @adi-wtag, I have written a simple CLI command to may help you out: https://github.com/mtarld/composer-vendor-scaper |
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that's great ! I'll try. |
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The lock file contains the information about how dependencies are been resolved. but it does not copy all the information about your root project, which are in the composer.json.