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VCS section: add requirements for the branch name 

If you want to use a custom branch in your requirements in your `composer.json`, that branch must be prefixed with "dev-" or you'll get an error:
```sh
[UnexpectedValueException]
  Could not parse version constraint some-branch: Invalid version string "some-branch".
```

It took me a while to find that info, so I figured I'd rather edit the doc.
Let me know.
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@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ project to use the patched version. If the library is on GitHub (this is the
case most of the time), you can simply fork it there and push your changes to
your fork. After that you update the project's `composer.json`. All you have
to do is add your fork as a repository and update the version constraint to
point to your custom branch. For version constraint naming conventions see
point to your custom branch. Your custom branch name must be prefixed with `"dev-"`. For version constraint naming conventions see
[Libraries](02-libraries.md) for more information.
Example assuming you patched monolog to fix a bug in the `bugfix` branch: