Consider changing Composer package type to "phpcodesniffer-standard"

[rodrigoprimo]

This PR suggests changing the Composer package type to enable automatic standard registration via the PHPCSStandards Composer installer plugin.

Problem/Motivation

Composer allows declaring a package's type. When no type is declared, the default is "library".

There is a Composer plugin that can install custom PHP_CodeSniffer standards: https://github.com/PHPCSStandards/composer-installer

This plugin is part of the PHPCSStandards organisation, which is the new official home of PHP_CodeSniffer.

For this installer to work, the package type needs to be set to phpcodesniffer-standard.

There are already over 470 packages that use this type. As a side benefit, using this type will allow end-users to more easily find other external PHP_CodeSniffer standards that may be interesting to them when searching on Packagist.

Proposed changes

Add "type": "phpcodesniffer-standard" to composer.json.

This will in no way change the existing behavior of this package for users that do not include the Composer plugin mentioned above in their projects' composer.json.

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4-4: LGTM!

The addition of "type": "phpcodesniffer-standard" is correct and well-justified. This enables automatic registration with the PHPCSStandards/composer-installer plugin while remaining backward-compatible for users who don't use it. The JSON syntax is valid and the placement is appropriate.

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Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Updated package metadata to identify the package as a PHP CodeSniffer standard.

Walkthrough

The pull request adds a type field to composer.json with the value phpcodesniffer-standard. This metadata field identifies the package as a PHP CodeSniffer standard for package managers and installation tools.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Composer Manifest composer.json	Added "type": "phpcodesniffer-standard" to identify the package type.

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🎯 1 (Trivial) | ⏱️ ~2 minutes

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check	✅ Passed	The title directly relates to the main change: adding the phpcodesniffer-standard type to composer.json, which is the core purpose of this PR.
Description check	✅ Passed	The description comprehensively explains the rationale, problem context, and proposed change, all directly related to the composer.json type modification.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.

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