--TEST-- Downgrading from unstable to more stable package should work even if already installed --COMPOSER-- { "repositories": [ { "type": "package", "package": [ { "name": "a/a", "version": "dev-master", "source": { "reference": "abcd", "url": "", "type": "git" }, "default-branch": true }, { "name": "a/a", "version": "1.0.0", "source": { "reference": "1.0.0", "url": "", "type": "git" }, "dist": { "reference": "1.0.0", "url": "", "type": "zip", "shasum": "" } }, { "name": "b/b", "version": "dev-master", "source": { "reference": "abcd", "url": "", "type": "git" }, "default-branch": true }, { "name": "b/b", "version": "1.0.0", "source": { "reference": "1.0.0", "url": "", "type": "git" }, "dist": { "reference": "1.0.0", "url": "", "type": "zip", "shasum": "" } } ] } ], "require": { "a/a": "*", "b/b": "*@dev" } } --INSTALLED-- [ { "name": "a/a", "version": "dev-master", "source": { "reference": "abcd", "url": "", "type": "git" }, "default-branch": true }, { "name": "b/b", "version": "dev-master", "source": { "reference": "abcd", "url": "", "type": "git" }, "default-branch": true } ] --RUN-- update --EXPECT-- Marking a/a (9999999-dev abcd) as uninstalled, alias of a/a (dev-master abcd) Downgrading a/a (dev-master abcd => 1.0.0)