Composer pull dependency from another branch on the same repo

[crmpicco]

My composer.json:

"require": {
    "CRMPicco/GolfBundle": "dev-golf-bundle"
},
"repositories": [
   {
       "type": "git",
       "url": "git@git.crmpicco.com:frontend/app.git"
   }
],

Output of composer diagnose:

Checking composer.json: WARNING
The package "excelwebzone/recaptcha-bundle" is pointing to a commit-ref, this is bad practice and can cause unforeseen issues.
The package "craue/config-bundle" is pointing to a commit-ref, this is bad practice and can cause unforeseen issues.
Defining autoload.psr-0 with an empty namespace prefix is a bad idea for performance
require.plivo/plivo-php : exact version constraints (v1.1.5) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.slot/mandrill-bundle : exact version constraints (v1.0.10) should be avoided if the package follows semantic versioning
require.excelwebzone/recaptcha-bundle : unbound version constraints (dev-master#5a17115) should be avoided
require.craue/config-bundle : unbound version constraints (dev-master#0c662d8b9af5) should be avoided
Checking platform settings: OK
Checking git settings: OK
Checking http connectivity to packagist: OK
Checking https connectivity to packagist: OK
Checking github.com rate limit: OK
Checking disk free space: OK
Checking pubkeys: 
Tags Public Key Fingerprint: 57815BA2 7E54DC31 7ECC7CC5 573090D0  87719BA6 8F3BB723 4E5D42D0 84A14642
Dev Public Key Fingerprint: 4AC45767 E5EC2265 2F0C1167 CBBB8A2B  0C708369 153E328C AD90147D AFE50952
OK
Checking composer version: OK
Composer version: 1.6.5
PHP version: 7.0.30-1+ubuntu16.04.1+deb.sury.org+1
PHP binary path: /usr/bin/php7.0

When I run this command:

composer clear-cache
composer dump-autoload --optimize
composer update CRMPicco/GolfBundle

I get the following output:

    Your requirements could not be resolved to an installable set of packages.

    Problem 1 - The requested package crmpicco/golfbundle dev-golf-bundle exists as CRMPicco/GolfBundle[dev-master] but these are rejected by your constraint.

And I expected this to happen:

On the origin of git.crmpicco.com:frontend/app.git there exists the main branch of master and also a golf-bundle branch. I want to have the contents of the golf-bundle branch as a composer dependency in the /vendor directory.

How can I configure composer to pull from the "golf-bundle" branch?

[Seldaek]

Please run composer update CRMPicco/GolfBundle -vvv and paste the full output.

[crmpicco]

@Seldaek Here it is: https://gist.github.com/crmpicco/e792c274dbc465794941138d615c2bc8

My composer.json from the golf-bundle branch:

{
  "name": "CRMPicco/GolfBundle",
  "type": "library",
  "require": {
    "php": ">=7.0",
    "symfony/config": "~2.8.34",
    "symfony/dependency-injection": "~2.8.34",
    "symfony/http-kernel": "~2.8.34",
    "chargebee/chargebee-php": "^2.0"
  },
  "autoload": {
    "psr-4": {
      "CRMPicco\\GolfBundle\\": ""
    }
  },
  "extra": {
    "symfony-app-dir": "app",
    "symfony-web-dir": "web",
    "symfony-assets-install": "relative"
  }
}

[Seldaek]

I don't understand where CRMPicco/GolfBundle is supposed to be loaded from. There is no golf bundle repository being loaded it seems from your log.

[crmpicco]

@Seldaek Yes, sorry it is there but I believe this issue was caused by me moving things around and keeping the same name. I previously had CRMPicco/GolfBundle as a package being pulled in from another private repository. However, when I moved it into a branch within the same repo my composer.lock was still referencing the private repository dependency which required dev-master and not dev-golf-bundle as I had subsequently specified.

I cleared all composer cache, however I couldn't find a good workaround for it and ran out of patience. 🤣

What is your advice on how to tackle this?

[Seldaek]

Sorry but I don't understand what you are doing.. Maybe if you write in more details what your setup looks like right now, where you are running composer, share composer.json etc, but as is I have no clue how to help.