From 0d0755928722661068d699917cb4502c8414afc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Igor Wiedler Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2012 15:17:52 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Clarify that branch aliases must be done in the target repository --- doc/articles/aliases.md | 8 ++++++-- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/articles/aliases.md b/doc/articles/aliases.md index 9966100ea..94653b5bb 100644 --- a/doc/articles/aliases.md +++ b/doc/articles/aliases.md @@ -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