From 286b6e6be9a17973be5eb9b8c2499093f9789b63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul <paulbalomiri@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2016 11:28:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Clarification of aliases' non-visibility if defined in
 dependency

See https://elixirforum.com/t/task-aliases-in-mix-ex-of-dependencies-ignored/2218
---
 lib/mix/lib/mix.ex | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/mix/lib/mix.ex b/lib/mix/lib/mix.ex
index bb19e6f8b73..e6bb7af9e80 100644
--- a/lib/mix/lib/mix.ex
+++ b/lib/mix/lib/mix.ex
@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ defmodule Mix do
   Where `&clean_extra/1` would be a function in your `mix.exs`
   with extra clean up logic.
 
-  Note aliases do not show up on `mix help`.
+  Note: 
+    * aliases do not show up on `mix help`
+    * aliases are not merged in from the `mix.ex` files of dependent project definitions.
 
   ## Environment variables