tastysoul / changelog-checker

1.0.1 2026-09-30 09:38 UTC

Requires

• composer-plugin-api: ^2.0
• ext-ctype: *

Requires (Dev)

• composer/composer: ^2.0
• phpstan/phpstan: ^2.2

MIT

• package
• php
• changelog
• breaking changes

Published on Packagist.org on 2026-09-30 09:48 UTC

README

Composer plugin to check changelog files for breaking changes. Displays warnings about all (or selected plugins) breaking changes when updating packages. Option to write changes to a file (maybe to check in PRs ...).

Installation

composer require tastysoul/changelog-checker --dev

composer.json should contain the following configuration to allow the plugin to run:

"config": {
    "allow-plugins": {
        "tastysoul/changelog-checker": true
    }
}

Settings

In your composer.json, you can configure which plugins to check for breaking changes:

"extra": {
    "changelog-checker": {
        "plugins": ["vendor/package-a", "vendor/package-b"]
    }
}

Empty or missing array means all updated packages are checked.

Options

--plugins=vendor/package-a,vendor/package-b

Plugins to check for breaking changes. If not specified, all updated packages are checked.

-a --all-changes

Output all active changelog entries, not only [BC] lines

-w --writeToFile

Write output to file

-v -verbose

Output more information about the process

Usage

composer update

Or with command

composer changelog:check "your/package:1.0.0"