composer/composer — pull request #527 by CHH (2012-04-04 08:19:04+00:00)
Title: Allow packages to define include paths in their composer.json

This PR implements an `inlcude-paths` property in the `composer.json` which can be used
by packages to indicate that a directory should get added to the `include_path`.

_What is this good for?_

* Allows simple usage of packages which rely on the include path to be set (Zend Framework 1.x).
* Makes it easier for users to use code of packages which can't or don't want to use autoloading.

Example:

```
{
"name": "chh/jazz",
"include-paths": ["lib/"]
}
```

With this in place, a user could simply do this in their code:

```php