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In composer.json there is the scripts section;

	"scripts": {
		"post-install-cmd": [
			"php artisan clear-compiled",
			"php artisan optimize"
		],
		"post-update-cmd": [
			"php artisan clear-compiled",
			"php artisan optimize"
		],
		"post-create-project-cmd": [
			"php -r \"copy('.env.example', '.env');\"",
			"php artisan key:generate"
		]

I've never noticed it has fired.

Does this only fire on the [composer install] command?

To get it to fire I used

composer run-script post-create-project-cmd

Saves me time when making the .env file

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