---
title: "Important: The development branch installs as 2.4.x-dev"
manual: "Academic Projects"
version: "main"
permalink: "https://docs.typo3.org/permalink/fgtclb/academic-projects:important-1790796668@main"
source: "Changelog/2.4/Important-BranchAliasKey.rst"
rendered: "2026-10-12T23:12:54+00:00"
---

# Important: The development branch installs as `2.4.x-dev` {#important-1790796668}

## Description {#description}

The branch alias of the development branch `2` of `fgtclb/academic-projects` is
keyed to the version name Composer gives that branch, `2.x-dev`. It was keyed to
`dev-2`, a name Composer never gives a branch called `2`, and Composer skips
such an alias without a warning. `2.4.x-dev` therefore did not exist, and no
requirement `~2.4.0@dev` could be satisfied from the branch.

## Impact {#impact}

`2.4.x-dev` now exists for `fgtclb/academic-projects`. `composer require
fgtclb/academic-projects:2.4.x-dev`, or `:2.x-dev`, installs the development
state of branch `2`, and a requirement `~2.4.0@dev` on the package is satisfied
from it.

An inline alias added to a project to work around it, for example
`"fgtclb/academic-projects": "2.x-dev as 2.4.x-dev"`, is no longer needed and
can be removed.

Released versions are not affected.

## Affected Installations {#affected-installations}

Composer installations that require a package of this repository from its
development branch `2`. Classic, non-Composer installations are not affected.