- Version 1.7.1
* Fixed issue autoloading plugins in require-dev in some conditions
* Fixed handling of SSL to repo.packagist.org on very old PHP versions
- Version 1.7.0
* Changed default repository URL from packagist.org to repo.packagist.org, this might affect people with strict firewall rules
* Changed output from Updating to Downgrading when performing package downgrades, this might affect anything parsing output
* Several minor performance improvements
* Added the overridden platform config's PHP version in the diagnose command output
* Added basic authentication support for mercurial repos
* Added explicit i and u aliases for the install and update commands
* Added support for show command to output json format with --tree
* Added support for {glob,braces} support in the path repository's path argument
* Added support in status command for showing diffs in vendor dir even for packages installed as dist/zip archives
* Added --remove-vcs flag to create-project command to avoid prompting for keeping VCS files
* Added --no-secure-http flag to create-project command to bypass https (use at your own risk)
* Added pre-command-run event that lets plugins modify arguments
* Added RemoteFilesystem::getRemoteContents extension point
* Fixed setting scripts via config command
* Fixed --no-plugins not being respected in a few commands