Composer require branch name

Question

For example I want to require:

{
  \"repositories\": [
    {
      \"type\": \"git\",
      \"url\": \"https://github.com/google/google-api-php-client.git\"
         


        

Answer 1

this will work :

{
  "repositories": [
    {
      "type": "git",
      "url": "https://github.com/google/google-api-php-client.git"
    }
  ],

  "require": {
    "google/apiclient": "dev-BRANCH_NAME"
  }
}

so pattern is "dev-*", if you branch name is "bug-fix" then "dev-bug-fix"

with command line :

composer require google/apiclient:dev-BRANCH_NAME

Answer 2

You need to prefix all dev branches (= non tagged) by dev-.

To install the branch you need, use:

composer require google/apiclient:dev-v1-master

See composer docs.