How to composer update a github repo - github

Question

I recently gain administration of a Github repo, on my developing server we use composer, im trying to do a composer update, in composer.json i have defined the repo as VCS type pointing to my github repo.
I commit and push some changes to the repo, but when i do composer update it says there is nothing to update. Other than the commit and the push, there is something else i need to do in order to allow composer to see there is an update in the code?

Answer 1

Consider your repo is https://github.com/auraphp/Aura.Web .
You do commit and push updating the repo for the changes.
Composer is a tool to manage the dependencies for a project. So say if you are using this package downloaded via composer, like
composer.json
{
"require": {
"aura/web": "2.0.*#beta"
}
}
and
$ php composer.phar update
You will get the latest version. In order for composer to understand it is updated, you need to first add the package in packagist.org . What you need to do is activate the service hook in https://github.com/<user/org>/<repo-name>/settings/hooks .
You can get more information from respective websites
Packagist
Composer
For a quick start read http://www.sitepoint.com/php-dependency-management-with-composer/ , there will be many if you search in google.

Answer 2

You only specify your repo URL and it will automatically scan your composer.json for package info. Keep in mind that repositories have a higher priority over Packagist when installing or updating.
The template used regularly in various projects is as follows:
"repositories": [
{
"type":"package",
"package": {
"name": "package-name",
"version":"master",
"type": "wordpress-plugin",
"source": {
"type": "git",
"url": "https://github.com/package-name.git",
"reference":"master"
}
}
}
],
"require": {
"package-name": "dev-master"
}