Exception with DEV composer version 2.8-dev+d0e4fbad7f9957166771bfa614d49e76d27c8606 (2.8-dev) 2025-04-02 11:09:19

[eisberg]

When use latest composer.phar ( Download from: https://getcomposer.org/composer.phar ), patches fail to apply due to a new exception being thrown by Composer.

In FilesystemRepository.php line 121:
                                                                               
  [ArgumentCountError]                                                         
  Too few arguments to function Composer\Repository\FilesystemRepository::write(), 0 passed in /builds/t1_Pkh-Mg/0/test-app/vendor/vaimo/composer-patches/src/Compatibility/Executor.php on line 19 and exactly 2 expected  

Pre-requisites

Composer version 2.8-dev+d0e4fbad7f9957166771bfa614d49e76d27c8606 (2.8-dev) 2025-04-02 11:09:19
vaimo/composer-patches 5.2.0

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Download composer PHAR from: https://getcomposer.org/composer.phar
2. Run composer install:

php composer.phar install

Expected
Patches apply successfully

Actual
Get error

Notes

Incorrect compare composer version in Executor.php on line 18 and 28:

public function repositoryWrite($repository, $installationManager, $isDevMode)
    {
        if (version_compare(\Composer\Composer::VERSION, '2.0', '<')) {
            $repository->write(); // trigger error for version "2.8-dev+d0e4fbad7f9957166771bfa614d49e76d27c8606 (2.8-dev) 2025-04-02 11:09:19"
            return;
        }

        $repository->write($isDevMode, $installationManager);
    }

[jooname]

Thank you for the issue report! Replicated the issue also myself and solved the problem with following changes: #134

It appeared that the VERSION constant can contain non version value in preview builds of Composer. Some other comparisons in the package were already using static method getVersion instead and switching to that also elsewhere got rid of the issue.

This change is available in release 5.5.3, please let us know if you're still encountering the issue!