Merge pull request #1486 from dzuelke/vendorbinaries

Rename "vendor bins" to "vendor binaries" in docs

doc/03-cli.md

@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ directory other than `vendor`.
 
 ### COMPOSER_BIN_DIR
 
-By setting this option you can change the `bin` ([Vendor Bins](articles/vendor-bins.md))
+By setting this option you can change the `bin` ([Vendor Binaries](articles/vendor-binaries.md))
 directory to something other than `vendor/bin`.
 
 ### http_proxy or HTTP_PROXY

doc/04-schema.md

@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ Optional.
 A set of files that should be treated as binaries and symlinked into the `bin-dir`
 (from config).
 
-See [Vendor Bins](articles/vendor-bins.md) for more details.
+See [Vendor Binaries](articles/vendor-binaries.md) for more details.
 
 Optional.
 

doc/articles/vendor-binaries.md

@@ -2,22 +2,22 @@
     tagline: Expose command-line scripts from packages
 -->
 
-# bin and vendor/bin
+# Vendor binaries and the `vendor/bin` directory
 
-## What is a bin?
+## What is a vendor binary?
 
 Any command line script that a Composer package would like to pass along
-to a user who installs the package should be listed as a bin.
+to a user who installs the package should be listed as a vendor binary.
 
 If a package contains other scripts that are not needed by the package
 users (like build or compile scripts) that code should not be listed
-as a bin.
+as a vendor binary.
 
 
 ## How is it defined?
 
 It is defined by adding the `bin` key to a project's `composer.json`.
-It is specified as an array of files so multiple bins can be added
+It is specified as an array of files so multiple binaries can be added
 for any given project.
 
     {
@@ -25,26 +25,26 @@ for any given project.
     }
 
 
-## What does defining a bin in composer.json do?
+## What does defining a vendor binary in composer.json do?
 
-It instructs Composer to install the package's bins to `vendor/bin`
+It instructs Composer to install the package's binaries to `vendor/bin`
 for any project that **depends** on that project.
 
 This is a convenient way to expose useful scripts that would
 otherwise be hidden deep in the `vendor/` directory.
 
 
-## What happens when Composer is run on a composer.json that defines bins?
+## What happens when Composer is run on a composer.json that defines vendor binaries?
 
-For the bins that a package defines directly, nothing happens.
+For the binaries that a package defines directly, nothing happens.
 
 
-## What happens when Composer is run on a composer.json that has dependencies with bins listed?
+## What happens when Composer is run on a composer.json that has dependencies with vendor binaries listed?
 
-Composer looks for the bins defined in all of the dependencies. A
-symlink is created from each dependency's bins to `vendor/bin`.
+Composer looks for the binaries defined in all of the dependencies. A
+symlink is created from each dependency's binaries to `vendor/bin`.
 
-Say package `my-vendor/project-a` has bins setup like this:
+Say package `my-vendor/project-a` has binaries setup like this:
 
     {
         "name": "my-vendor/project-a",
@@ -75,23 +75,23 @@ this is accomplished by creating a symlink.
 
 Packages managed entirely by Composer do not *need* to contain any
 `.bat` files for Windows compatibility. Composer handles installation
-of bins in a special way when run in a Windows environment:
+of binaries in a special way when run in a Windows environment:
 
- * A `.bat` files is generated automatically to reference the bin
- * A Unix-style proxy file with the same name as the bin is generated
+ * A `.bat` files is generated automatically to reference the binary
+ * A Unix-style proxy file with the same name as the binary is generated
    automatically (useful for Cygwin or Git Bash)
 
 Packages that need to support workflows that may not include Composer
 are welcome to maintain custom `.bat` files. In this case, the package
-should **not** list the `.bat` file as a bin as it is not needed.
+should **not** list the `.bat` file as a binary as it is not needed.
 
 
-## Can vendor bins be installed somewhere other than vendor/bin?
+## Can vendor binaries be installed somewhere other than vendor/bin?
 
-Yes, there are two ways that an alternate vendor bin location can be specified.
+Yes, there are two ways an alternate vendor binary location can be specified:
 
- * Setting the `bin-dir` configuration setting in `composer.json`
- * Setting the environment variable `COMPOSER_BIN_DIR`
+ 1. Setting the `bin-dir` configuration setting in `composer.json`
+ 1. Setting the environment variable `COMPOSER_BIN_DIR`
 
 An example of the former looks like this:
 
@@ -102,5 +102,5 @@ An example of the former looks like this:
     }
 
 Running `composer install` for this `composer.json` will result in
-all of the vendor bins being installed in `scripts/` instead of
+all of the vendor binaries being installed in `scripts/` instead of
 `vendor/bin/`.