Merge pull request #1288 from igorw/clarify-branch-alias-use

Clarify that branch aliases must be done in the target repository
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Jordi Boggiano 12 years ago
commit a2c2652695

@ -41,8 +41,12 @@ must be a comparable dev version. The `branch-alias` must be present on the
branch that it references. For `dev-master`, you need to commit it on the
`master` branch.
As a result, you can now require `1.0.*` and it will happily install
`dev-master` for you.
As a result, anyone can now require `1.0.*` and it will happily install
`dev-master`.
In order to use branch aliasing, you must own the repository of the package
being aliased. If you want to alias a third party package without maintaining
a fork of it, use inline aliases as described below.
## Require inline alias

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