fix(composer): Make --minimal-config flag configurable

[elaman]

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Currently --minimal-changes flag is being applied to composer commands. It was recently introduced in PR #34218. This has caused following issue #39823. As a solution, new composerMinimalChanges configuration is introduced, which allows --minimal-changes to be optionally applied instead of being a default behavior.

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[bobvandevijver]

Thank you for opening this PR. I was just researching why renovate stopped creating the desired lock file maintenance and found this exact flag being used in the log. For completeness, composer even notifies about this being a mistake in this command.

The --minimal-changes option should be used with package arguments or after modifying composer.json requirements, otherwise it will likely not yield any dependency changes.

However, I do not think it should be made configurable in the way you suggest. It is great to use with the actual update commands, but it should never be used with the lock file maintance action.

[elaman]

@bobvandevijver my initial thought was to just undo the flag introduction. But given than it was already in the codebase, I thought of easy way of undoing it without removing it completely for folks who think its useful. This PR could be a first step, after which it can be reviewed and polished out.

[RahulGautamSingh]

Add the type to RenovateConfig instead .. it should get passed down from there where needed.

[elaman]

Add the type to RenovateConfig instead .. it should get passed down from there where needed.

Can you please be more specific? Thank you.

[RahulGautamSingh]

Can you please be more specific? Thank you.

Find the RenovateConfig interface in the code and add the composerMinimalChanges field in it. After this the rest of the type changes won't be necessary