2.0.0-RC2 - released 2020-10-14

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Changelog

  • Breaking: Removed OperationInterface::getReason as the data was not accurate
  • Added automatic removal of packages which are not required anymore whenever an update is done, this will purge packages previously left over by partial updates and require/remove
  • Added shorthand aliases -w for --with-dependencies and -W for --with-all-dependencies on update/require/remove commands
  • Added COMPOSER_DEBUG_EVENTS=1 env var support for plugin authors to figure out which events are triggered when
  • Added setCustomCacheKey to PreFileDownloadEvent and fixed a cache bug for integrations changing the processed url of package archives
  • Added Composer\Util\SyncHelper for plugin authors to deal with async Promises more easily
  • Added $composer->getLoop()->getHttpDownloader() to get access to the main HttpDownloader instance in plugins
  • Added a non-zero exit code (2) and warning to remove command when a package to be removed could not be removed
  • Added --apcu-autoloader-prefix (or --apcu-prefix for dump-autoload command) flag to let people use apcu autoloading in a deterministic output way if that is needed
  • Fixed version guesser to look at remote branches as well as local ones
  • Lots of minor bug fixes and improvements