[FIXED] How do I add a custom file to the Composer to ignore when upgrading?

Issue

I have installed smarty via the Composer, like below,

"require": 
  {
    "neitanod/forceutf8": "dev-master",
    "raven/raven": "0.7.1",
    "monolog/monolog": "1.7.*",
    "smarty/smarty": "3.1.19"
  }

However I have custom plugin that needs to be added to the smarty/plugin lib to be used with the website. So when I update composer to the upgrade the smarty it gives me an error. How do I add my custom plugin to the smarty via composer so that I dont have redo this again and again, ?

Solution

Don't keep your plugin anywhere in smarty's vendor directory. Put it somewhere sensible along with the rest of your application and use $smarty->addPluginsDir('path/to/your/custom/plugin/dir') instead.

Answered By - user3942918