Composerの実行が遅くて仕方がないのを早くする方法

--prefer-distをオプションに指定するとgit cloneをしないでよいものはダウンロード済ませるので早くなる。フレームワーク（CakePHP)のダウンロード速度を特に改善する。デプロイにも適する。

普通にやるとCloneでタイムアウト

$ composer create-project -s dev cakephp/app cakephp3_study
Installing cakephp/app (dev-master 3a87494e5d01151983ddebe8961c134b04ff4c4c)
  - Installing cakephp/app (dev-master master)
    Cloning master

Created project in cakephp3_study
Loading composer repositories with package information
Installing dependencies (including require-dev)
  - Installing cakephp/plugin-installer (0.0.1)
    Downloading: 100%         

  - Installing aura/installer-default (1.0.0)
    Downloading: 100%         

  - Installing nesbot/carbon (1.13.0)
    Downloading: 100%         

  - Installing psr/log (1.0.0)
    Downloading: 100%         

  - Installing aura/intl (1.1.1)
    Downloading: 100%         

  - Installing ircmaxell/password-compat (v1.0.4)
    Downloading: 100%         

  - Installing cakephp/cakephp (3.0.x-dev d910e02)
    Cloning d910e02df686a6121ad6e21008d2f5a63be26e12
    Failed to download cakephp/cakephp from source: The process "git clone --no-checkout 'git://github.com/cakephp/cakephp.git' '/vagrant_data/cakephp3_study/vendor/cakephp/cakephp' && cd '/vagrant_data/cakephp3_study/vendor/cakephp/cakephp' && git remote add composer 'git://github.com/cakephp/cakephp.git' && git fetch composer" exceeded the timeout of 300 seconds.
    Now trying to download from dist
  - Installing cakephp/cakephp (3.0.x-dev d910e02)
    Downloading: 100%         

  - Installing cakephp/debug_kit (3.0.x-dev 4eef339)
    Cloning 4eef339a6832d121fa89f3b06982c7ff9ddaa879

  - Installing mobiledetect/mobiledetectlib (2.8.11)
    Downloading: 100%         

  - Installing d11wtq/boris (v1.0.8)
    Downloading: 100%         

Writing lock file
Generating autoload files
Created `config/app.php` file
Permissions set on /vagrant_data/cakephp3_study/tmp/cache
Permissions set on /vagrant_data/cakephp3_study/tmp/cache/models
Permissions set on /vagrant_data/cakephp3_study/tmp/cache/persistent
Permissions set on /vagrant_data/cakephp3_study/tmp/cache/views
Permissions set on /vagrant_data/cakephp3_study/tmp/sessions
Permissions set on /vagrant_data/cakephp3_study/tmp/tests
Permissions set on /vagrant_data/cakephp3_study/tmp
Permissions set on /vagrant_data/cakephp3_study/logs
Updated Security.salt value in config/app.php
Do you want to remove the existing VCS (.git, .svn..) history? [Y,n]? n

--prefer-distありだと1分くらいで完了。

$composer create-project -s dev --prefer-dist cakephp/app cakephp3_study
Installing cakephp/app (dev-master 3a87494e5d01151983ddebe8961c134b04ff4c4c)
  - Installing cakephp/app (dev-master master)
    Downloading: 100%         

Created project in cakephp3_study
Loading composer repositories with package information
Installing dependencies (including require-dev)
  - Installing cakephp/plugin-installer (0.0.1)
    Loading from cache

  - Installing aura/installer-default (1.0.0)
    Loading from cache

  - Installing nesbot/carbon (1.13.0)
    Loading from cache

  - Installing psr/log (1.0.0)
    Loading from cache

  - Installing aura/intl (1.1.1)
    Loading from cache

  - Installing ircmaxell/password-compat (v1.0.4)
    Loading from cache

  - Installing cakephp/cakephp (3.0.x-dev d910e02)
    Loading from cache

  - Installing cakephp/debug_kit (3.0.x-dev 4eef339)
    Downloading: 100%         

  - Installing mobiledetect/mobiledetectlib (2.8.11)
    Loading from cache

  - Installing d11wtq/boris (v1.0.8)
    Loading from cache

Writing lock file
Generating autoload files
Created `config/app.php` file
Permissions set on /vagrant_data/cakephp3_study/tmp/cache
Permissions set on /vagrant_data/cakephp3_study/tmp/cache/models
Permissions set on /vagrant_data/cakephp3_study/tmp/cache/persistent
Permissions set on /vagrant_data/cakephp3_study/tmp/cache/views
Permissions set on /vagrant_data/cakephp3_study/tmp/sessions
Permissions set on /vagrant_data/cakephp3_study/tmp/tests
Permissions set on /vagrant_data/cakephp3_study/tmp
Permissions set on /vagrant_data/cakephp3_study/logs
Updated Security.salt value in config/app.php