From b9d00153d9431d75496b048a6a4dcd4d278b1eaf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jordi Boggiano <j.boggiano@seld.be>
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2020 14:52:07 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Suggest using -p when a platform package can not be found in
 show command

---
 src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php b/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
index 441fe6818..78a418a33 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Command/ShowCommand.php
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@ EOT
                 if (empty($package)) {
                     $options = $input->getOptions();
                     if (!isset($options['working-dir']) || !file_exists('composer.json')) {
+                        if (preg_match(PlatformRepository::PLATFORM_PACKAGE_REGEX, $input->getArgument('package')) && !$input->getOption('platform')) {
+                            throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Package ' . $packageFilter . ' not found, try using --platform (-p) to show platform packages.');
+                        }
                         throw new \InvalidArgumentException('Package ' . $packageFilter . ' not found');
                     }