[FIXED] Can composer display git commits while in stable mode?

Issue

When running composer update -v in a project with "minimum-stability": "dev", we can see the latest commits to the package being updated:

composer update -v
...
Extracting archive  - Updating organization/project (v1.0.0 => v1.0.1):  Checking out hash3
    Pulling in changes:
      hash3 - Contributor #1: Improve service
      hash2 - Contributor #2: Improve SQL query
      hash1 - Contributor #3: Hotfix service

This is helpful because it gives us some hints on what code was changed.

However, now that our project is in "minimum-stability": "stable" mode, when running composer update -v, we can no longer see the latest commits to the package being updated:

composer update -v
...
Updates: organization/project:v1.0.2
 - Updating organization/project (v1.0.1 => v1.0.2): Downloading (100%)

No git commits are shown. We have tried using composer update -vv and composer update -vvv to no avail.

Therefore, is it possible to still show git commits when updating a package while in stable mode?

Solution

One possible solution is to delete all installed packages in the /vendor directory, and then re-install them using:

composer install --prefer-source

All of the same packages will be installed along with their respective .git directories.

Then, the next time you run

composer update -v

since the .git directory exists for each package, you will see the latest commits that are pulled in.

However, this solution would not work in a production environment in which deleting files in the /vendor directory, even temporarily, would not be an option.

Answered By - Leo Galleguillos