cgr update kills Drupal coding standards

[uberhacker]

$ phpcs -i
The installed coding standards are Squiz, MySource, PEAR, Zend, PSR2, PSR1, Drupal and DrupalPractice
$ cgr update
>> Running: composer '--working-dir=/home/osboxes/.config/composer/global/dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer' 'update'
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Nothing to install or update
Generating autoload files
PHP CodeSniffer Config installed_paths delete
>> Running: composer '--working-dir=/home/osboxes/.config/composer/global/drupal/coder' 'update'
Loading composer repositories with package information
Updating dependencies (including require-dev)
Nothing to install or update
Generating autoload files
$ phpcs -i
The installed coding standards are Squiz, MySource, PEAR, Zend, PSR2 and PSR1

[greg-1-anderson]

How do you define Drupal and DrupalPractice coding standards?

What composer command / options do you need to use to avoid update erasing this information?

[uberhacker]

I followed the instructions outlined here. The command to restore is below:

phpcs --config-set installed_paths ~/.config/composer/global/drupal/coder/vendor/drupal/coder/coder_sniffer

System information:

$ uname -a
Linux osboxes 3.16.0-4-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.16.43-2+deb8u5 (2017-09-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux
$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	LinuxMint
Description:	LMDE 2 Betsy
Release:	2
Codename:	betsy
$ cat /etc/debian_version 
8.9
$ php -v
PHP 7.0.25-1~dotdeb+8.1 (cli) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2017 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2017 Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v7.0.25-1~dotdeb+8.1, Copyright (c) 1999-2017, by Zend Technologies
$ composer -V
Composer version 1.5.2 2017-09-11 16:59:25
$ composer global info
Changed current directory to /home/osboxes/.config/composer
consolidation/cgr 2.0.4 Safer alternative to 'composer global require'.
$ cgr info
>> Running: composer '--working-dir=/home/osboxes/.config/composer/global/dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer' 'info' 'dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer'
name     : dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer
descrip. : PHP_CodeSniffer Standards Composer Installer Plugin
keywords : PHPCodeSniffer, PHP_CodeSniffer, code quality, codesniffer, composer, installer, phpcs, plugin, qa, quality, standard, standards, style guide, stylecheck, tests
versions : * v0.4.3
type     : composer-plugin
license  : MIT License (MIT) (OSI approved) https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html#licenseText
source   : [git] https://github.com/DealerDirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer.git 63c0ec0ac286d31651d3c70e5bf76ad87db3ba23
dist     : [zip] https://api.github.com/repos/DealerDirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer/zipball/63c0ec0ac286d31651d3c70e5bf76ad87db3ba23 63c0ec0ac286d31651d3c70e5bf76ad87db3ba23
names    : dealerdirect/phpcodesniffer-composer-installer

autoload
psr-4
Dealerdirect\Composer\Plugin\Installers\PHPCodeSniffer\ => src/

requires
composer-plugin-api ^1.0
php ^5.3|^7
squizlabs/php_codesniffer *

requires (dev)
composer/composer *
wimg/php-compatibility ^8.0

suggests
dealerdirect/qa-tools All the PHP QA tools you'll need
>> Running: composer '--working-dir=/home/osboxes/.config/composer/global/drupal/coder' 'info' 'drupal/coder'
name     : drupal/coder
descrip. : Coder is a library to review Drupal code.
keywords : code review, phpcs, standards
versions : * 8.2.8
type     : library
license  : GPL-2.0+
source   : [git] https://git.drupal.org/project/coder.git 6d717e1a5a5dd592ebbeaafad11746849fb52532
dist     : [zip] https://api.github.com/repos/klausi/coder/zipball/6d717e1a5a5dd592ebbeaafad11746849fb52532 6d717e1a5a5dd592ebbeaafad11746849fb52532
names    : drupal/coder

requires
php >=5.4.0
squizlabs/php_codesniffer >=2.5.1
symfony/yaml >=2.0.0

requires (dev)
phpunit/phpunit >=3.7
>> Running: composer '--working-dir=/home/osboxes/.config/composer/global/pantheon-systems/terminus' 'info' 'pantheon-systems/terminus'
name     : pantheon-systems/terminus
descrip. : A command line interface for Pantheon
keywords : cli, drupal, pantheon, terminus, wordpress
versions : * 1.6.1
type     : library
license  : MIT License (MIT) (OSI approved) https://spdx.org/licenses/MIT.html#licenseText
source   : [git] https://github.com/pantheon-systems/terminus.git bdd8f3e628a883a8d3abaefe9de1ecfe48358f96
dist     : [zip] https://api.github.com/repos/pantheon-systems/terminus/zipball/bdd8f3e628a883a8d3abaefe9de1ecfe48358f96 bdd8f3e628a883a8d3abaefe9de1ecfe48358f96
names    : pantheon-systems/terminus

autoload
psr-4
Pantheon\Terminus\ => src/

requires
composer/semver ^1.4
consolidation/robo ^1.1.0
guzzlehttp/guzzle ^6.2
php >=5.5.9
psy/psysh ^0.8
symfony/console ^3.3
symfony/finder ~2.7|^3.2
symfony/yaml ~2.1|^3.2

requires (dev)
behat/behat ^3.2.2
php-vcr/php-vcr ^1.4
phpunit/phpunit ^4.0
satooshi/php-coveralls ^1.0
sebastian/phpcpd ^2.0
squizlabs/php_codesniffer ^2.7

[greg-1-anderson]

Not sure what the solution is, but it looks like the composer update is overwriting the phpcs configuration.