--TEST-- Installing an old alias that doesn't exist anymore from a lock is possible --COMPOSER-- { "repositories": [ { "type": "package", "package": [ { "name": "a/a", "version": "dev-master", "extra": { "branch-alias": { "dev-master": "2.2.x-dev" } }, "source": { "reference": "master", "type": "git", "url": "" } } ] } ], "require": { "a/a": "2.1.*" }, "minimum-stability": "dev" } --LOCK-- { "packages": [ { "name": "a/a", "version": "dev-master", "version_normalized": "9999999-dev", "extra": { "branch-alias": { "dev-master": "2.1.x-dev" } }, "source": { "reference": "oldmaster", "type": "git", "url": "" }, "type": "library" } ], "packages-dev": [], "aliases": [], "minimum-stability": "dev", "stability-flags": {}, "prefer-stable": false, "prefer-lowest": false } --RUN-- install --EXPECT-- Installing a/a (dev-master oldmaster) Marking a/a (2.1.x-dev oldmaster) as installed, alias of a/a (dev-master oldmaster)