Improve contributor experience (#654)

* Add "configlet:fmt" command
* Combine all CI tests to command "ci"
* Install / update configlet with composer packages
* Remove PHP 7.4 from 'composer.json'
* Do not run composer scripts in CI

Author: mk-mxp

.github/workflows/exercise-lint-phpcs-psr-12.yml

@@ -10,27 +10,24 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test:
     name: PHPCS Linting - ${{ github.event_name }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        php-version: [8.2]
+        os: [ubuntu-22.04]
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
 
       - uses: shivammathur/setup-php@a4e22b60bbb9c1021113f2860347b0759f66fe5d
         with:
-          php-version: '8.2'
+          php-version: ${{ matrix.php-version }}
           extensions: gmp
           tools: composer
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          curl -Lo bin/phpcs.phar https://squizlabs.github.io/PHP_CodeSniffer/phpcs.phar
-          chmod +x bin/phpcs.phar
-
       - name: Install composer packages
-        run: composer install
+        run: composer install --no-scripts
 
       - name: Lint exercises
         shell: bash

README.md

@@ -10,21 +10,24 @@ To solve the exercises, head to the [PHP track][exercism-track-home] and check t
 The following system dependencies are required:
 
 - `composer`, as recommended in the [PHP track installation docs][exercism-track-installation-composer].
-- [`bash` shell][gnu-bash]
-- PHP V8.2+ CLI
+- [`bash` shell][gnu-bash].
+- PHP V8.2+ CLI.
+- An active Internet connection for installing required tools / composer packages.
 
-Run the following commands to get started with this project:
+Run the following command to get started with this project:
 
 ```shell
-bin/fetch-configlet # The official tool for managing Exercism language track repositories
 composer install # Required dependencies to develop this track
 ```
 
 ## Running Exercism resources management
 
-`bin/configlet` is a tool to manage exercism resources in this track.
+`bin/configlet` is the official tool for managing Exercism language track repositories.
 See [Building Exercism docs][exercism-configlet].
 
+For convenience, you can use `composer configlet:fmt` to fix formatting issues in the Exercism track files.
+This is included in `composer ci` to run the CI checks locally.
+
 ## Running Unit Test Suite
 
 The tests are run with PHPUnit. A shell loop injecting `exemplar.php` is provided to ease testing.
@@ -35,22 +38,27 @@ Execute the following command to run the tests:
 composer test:run
 ```
 
+This is included in `composer ci` to run the CI checks locally.
+
 ## Running Style Checker
 
-This project use a slightly [modified][local-file-phpcs-config] version of [PSR-12].
+This project uses a slightly [modified][local-file-phpcs-config] version of [PSR-12].
 Use the following commands to apply code style:
 
 ```shell
 composer lint:check # Checks the files against the code style rules
-composer lint:fix # Automatically fix codestyle issues
+composer lint:fix # Automatically fix code style issues
 ```
 
+The `lint:check` is included in `composer ci` to run the CI checks locally.
+
 ## Contributing
 
 - Read the documentation at [Exercism][exercism-docs].
 - Follow the [PSR-12] coding style (Exercisms PHP track uses a slightly [modified][local-file-phpcs-config] version of [PSR-12]).
+- Run `composer ci` to run CI checks locally before pushing.
 - CI is run on all pull requests, it must pass the required checks for merge.
-- CI is running all tests on PHP 8.0 to PHP 8.2
+- CI is running all tests on PHP 8.0 to PHP 8.2 for Linux, Windows and MacOS.
 
 ## Generating new practice exercises
 

composer.json

@@ -10,12 +10,35 @@
     }
   },
   "require-dev": {
-    "php": "^7.4 || ^8.0",
+    "php": "^8.0",
     "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.6 || ^10.5",
     "slevomat/coding-standard": "^8.14.1",
     "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.9"
   },
   "scripts": {
+    "post-install-cmd": [
+        "@tool:configlet:fetch"
+    ],
+    "post-update-cmd": [
+        "@tool:configlet:update"
+    ],
+    "ci": [
+        "@configlet:fmt",
+        "@lint:check",
+        "@tests:run"
+    ],
+    "tool:configlet:fetch": "[ -x bin/configlet ] || bin/fetch-configlet",
+    "tool:configlet:update": [
+        "rm bin/configlet || true",
+        "bin/fetch-configlet"
+    ],
+    "configlet:fmt": [
+        "bin/configlet fmt"
+    ],
+    "format:fix": [
+        "@lint:fix",
+        "@configlet:fmt"
+    ],
     "lint:check": "phpcs",
     "lint:fix": "phpcbf",
     "tests:run": "PHPUNIT_BIN='phpunit' bin/test.sh"