How to resolve dev dependencies in composer?

Question

Composer

There are three internal repositories: core and two dependencies AAA and BBB.

company/core composer.json:

{
    "name": "company/core",
    "require": {
        "company/aaa": "1.9.3",
        "company/bbb": "1.4.0"
    },
    "config": {
        "discard-changes": true
    },
    "autoload": { ... },
    "repositories": [ ... ]
}

company/aaa composer.json:

{
    "name": "company/aaa",
    "minimum-stability": "dev",
    "require": { ... },
    "autoload": { ... }
}

company/bbb composer.json:

{
    "name": "company/bbb",
    "prefer-stable": true,
    "require": {
        "company/aaa": ">=1.8.0"
    },
    "autoload": { ... },
    "repositories": { ... }
}

We want to temporarily connect the my_branch_name dev branch to core, but we get an error:

$ composer require "company/aaa:dev-my_branch_name"

./composer.json has been updated
Running composer update company/aaa
Loading composer repositories with package information                                                                                                                 Updating dependencies                                 
Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.

  Problem 1
    - company/bbb is locked to version v1.4.0 and an update of this package was not requested.
    - company/bbb v1.4.0 requires company/aaa >=1.8.0 -> found company/aaa[dev-master, v1.8.0, ..., v1.9.6] but it conflicts with your root composer.json require (dev-my_branch_name).

Use the option --with-all-dependencies (-W) to allow upgrades, downgrades and removals for packages currently locked to specific versions.

Installation failed, reverting ./composer.json and ./composer.lock to their original content.

The flag -Wdoesn't help. Tell me what you need to explain to the composer in order to do what you have planned? We can change all three composer files.

Answer 1

What about this crutch:

composer require "company/aaa:dev-my_branch_name as 1.8.1"