Civix not working Joomla! 3.9.3

Question

Civix doesn't seem to work with Joomla! 3.9.3. According to this, Joomla! 3.9.3 doesn't allow loading of phar packed files. When I try to run civix, I get the following exception error in a red panel:

[TYPO3\PharStreamWrapper\Exception]
Unexpected file extension in "phar:///usr/local/bin/civix/bin/api/class.api.php"

I reverted to Joomla! 3.9.2 and civix works again.

Answer 1

1. A bug report was filed in https://github.com/totten/civix/issues/147

2. The issue specifically affects the normal PHAR build. Running from git works, eg

   git clone https://github.com/totten/civix
   cd civix
   composer install
   export PATH="$PWD/bin:$PATH"
   

Answer 2

OK, it looks like it's a problem with Joomla 3.9.3. See discussion here. Fix should be included in Joomla 3.9.4, which is out on 12th March.