Manual versions or any version in dependencies

[serates]

The problem I am running into using dub is with subpackages and versions. I use the top project to build my main executable and use subpackages to define my child libraries. So my dependencies list looks like:

{
   "hslc:semitwist": "~master",
   "hslc:goldie": "~master",
   "hslc:llvmd": "~master"
}

This is really nice but i'm running into a problem with using git branches for development. I tend to create branches for each feature or bugfix i implement. But when i try and compile in one of these branches dub errors out on conflicting package multi-references:

The same package is referenced in different paths:
  hslc ~upstream: /home/jmtierne/Projects/Hatchet
  hslc ~master: /home/jmtierne/Projects/Hatchet
Error: Conflicting package multi-references.

Now i'm assuming the problem here is that i am in upstream branch when everything expects ~master. I can fix it by replacing all ~master with ~upstream however doing this for each branch I create is frustrating. Is there a way to give a any version (*) to a dependency or manually define a version for the subPackages for dub to query on?

[s-ludwig]

It's currently not possible to work around this, but once a good solution is found it will be implemented.

BTW, the same issue needs to be solved for branch and version based dependencies (e.g. "~master" and ">=1.0.0"). Those are also recognized as conflicting, even though arguably using any of the two would be fine.

[s-ludwig]

Possible solution: for dependencies that are referencing a package in a pure parent path (e.g. "../../"), allow to drop the explicit version and use whatever is there. When still given, issue a warning. The other way around, if no version is given for a path reference to an external package, also output a warning.

[s-ludwig]

The following should now work for any branch or version:

{
   "hslc:semitwist": "*",
   "hslc:goldie": "*",
   "hslc:llvmd": "*"
}

"*" is a new special version that matches anything available, meant especially for sub packages.

[serates]

Awesome! Thanks a lot!