Composer Install Package Dependencies - php

Question

I have created a custom package which is set up in a GIT repo. Composer is successfully pulling the files into a directory in the vendor directory, but I need to pull in the nested dependencies, which I cannot find the answer on how to make this happy.
This the Composer file for the main site pulling the package:
{
"name": "development/project",
"type" : "project",
"repositories": [
{
"type":"composer",
"url":"https://wpackagist.org"
},
{
"type": "package",
"package": {
"name": "development/package",
"version": "0.0.1",
"source": {
"type": "git",
"url": "https://developer#bitbucket.org/development/package.git",
"reference" : "v0.0.1"
}
}
},
],
"require": {
"php": ">=5.4",
"composer/installers": "~1.0",
},
"require-dev": {
"development/package": "~0.0"
}
}
And here is the Composer file local to the package itself:
{
"name": "development/package",
"type" : "project",
"require": {
"php": ">=5.4",
"composer/installers": "~1.0"
},
"require": {
"ellislab/codeigniter": "~3.0"
},
}
So what I would like to have happen is that when I run Composer on the main site it pulls in the 'development/package' (which it is currently doing), but also pull in the package dependencies 'ellislab/codeigniter'. Thanks for any help on this.

Answer 1

You have invalid composer json in your local package, it should be like this (no double require node):
{
"name": "development/package",
"type" : "project",
"require": {
"php": ">=5.4",
"composer/installers": "~1.0",
"ellislab/codeigniter": "~3.0"
}
}
Composer automatically pulls all packages defined in require node of root package, and in require node of each dependent packages, including your ellislab/codeigniter in your development/package.