Remove branch-alias for dev release in tagged package data?
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<p><a href="https://git.drupalcode.org/project/project_composer/-/blob/0e14f324bf2a292e825c66e929159ceca5664449/project_composer.module#L637-640">https://git.drupalcode.org/project/project_composer/-/blob/0e14f324bf2a292e825c66e929159ceca5664449/project_composer.module#L637-640</a></p>
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<pre><span style="color: #000000"><span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br> $dev_version </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'dev-' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$release_wrapper</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">field_release_version_major</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">value</span><span style="color: #007700">() . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'.x'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$package_data</span><span style="color: #007700">[</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'packages'</span><span style="color: #007700">][</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$package_name</span><span style="color: #007700">][</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$version</span><span style="color: #007700">][</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'extra'</span><span style="color: #007700">][</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'branch-alias'</span><span style="color: #007700">][</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dev_version</span><span style="color: #007700">] = </span><span style="color: #0000BB">substr</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$dev_version</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">4</span><span style="color: #007700">) . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'-dev'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span></span></pre></div>
<p>This bit of code isn’t aware of semantic versioning, but we suspect it isn’t needed at all.</p>
<p><span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/project_composer/issues/2750929" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#2750929: Version scheme for dev releases is confusing</a></span> has some context on why that code was originally added.<br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/project_composer/issues/3104693" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#3104693: Get packages.drupal.org ready for semver</a></span> is where this was discovered.<br>
<span class="drupalorg-gitlab-issue-link project-issue-status-info project-issue-status-7"><a href="https://www.drupal.org/project/project_composer/issues/3104693" title="Status: Closed (fixed)">#3104693: Get packages.drupal.org ready for semver</a></span> has some testing.</p>
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