Laravel auto-publish the package configs to the project

Question

I have some config files in my package that wanted to be copied over to the project or app config directory. I know how to publish it manually by running the command php artisan vendor:publish. Anyone here knows how to publish them automatically? Like I don't have to remember that I have some config files in my packages when I install the app in production?

Answer 1

Found the answer in composer.json of the project. Just need to add a command in the scripts section, under post-autoload-dump:

  "scripts": {
    "post-autoload-dump": [
        "Illuminate\\Foundation\\ComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump",
        "@php artisan package:discover --ansi",
        "@php artisan vendor:publish --tag={tagNameHere}--force"
     ]
   },

I defined the tag at my package ServiceProvider.php:

  public function boot()
  {
    $this->publishes([
        //file source => file destination below
        __DIR__.'/config/someconfig.php' => config_path('someconfig.php'),
       //you can also add more configs here
      ],
      ['tagNameHere'] //this is the tag so you can run the command as php artisan vendor:publish --force --tag=tagNameHere, for more info run php artisan vendor:publish --help
    );
  }

Every time I run composer update or composer dump-autoload, the configs of my dependency is automatically copied over so I don't have to remember that I have something to publish.