added non-feature-branches to handle non-numeric branches matching configured patterns not been handled as feature branches

res/composer-schema.json

@@ -367,6 +367,13 @@
                     "format": "uri"
                 }
             }
+        },
+        "non-feature-branches": {
+            "type": ["array"],
+            "description": "A set of string or regex patterns for non-numeric branch names that will not be handles as feature branches.",
+            "items": {
+                "type": "string"
+            }
         }
     }
 }

src/Composer/Package/Loader/RootPackageLoader.php

@@ -272,7 +272,18 @@ class RootPackageLoader extends ArrayLoader
         ) {
             $branch = preg_replace('{^dev-}', '', $version);
             $length = PHP_INT_MAX;
+
+            $nonFeatureBranches = '';
+            if(!empty($config['non-feature-branches'])) {
+                $nonFeatureBranches = implode('|', $config['non-feature-branches']);
+            }
+
             foreach ($branches as $candidate) {
+                // return directly, if branch is configured to be non-feature branch
+                if($candidate === $branch && preg_match('{^(' . $nonFeatureBranches . ')$}', $candidate)) {
+                    return $version;
+                }
+
                 // do not compare against other feature branches
                 if ($candidate === $branch || !preg_match('{^(master|trunk|default|develop|\d+\..+)$}', $candidate, $match)) {
                     continue;

tests/Composer/Test/Package/Loader/RootPackageLoaderTest.php

@@ -153,4 +153,80 @@ class RootPackageLoaderTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
             'qux/quux' => BasePackage::STABILITY_RC,
         ), $package->getStabilityFlags());
     }
+
+    public function testFeatureBranchPrettyVersion()
+    {
+        if (!function_exists('proc_open')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('proc_open() is not available');
+        }
+
+        $manager = $this->getMockBuilder('\\Composer\\Repository\\RepositoryManager')
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->getMock();
+
+        $self = $this;
+
+        /* Can do away with this mock object when https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit-mock-objects/issues/81 is fixed */
+        $processExecutor = new ProcessExecutorMock(function($command, &$output = null, $cwd = null) use ($self) {
+            if (0 === strpos($command, 'git rev-list')) {
+                $output = "";
+                return 0;
+            }
+
+            if ('git branch --no-color --no-abbrev -v' !== $command) {
+                return 1; //0;
+            }
+
+            $self->assertEquals('git branch --no-color --no-abbrev -v', $command);
+
+            $output = "* latest-production 38137d2f6c70e775e137b2d8a7a7d3eaebf7c7e5 Commit message\n  master 4f6ed96b0bc363d2aa4404c3412de1c011f67c66 Commit message\n";
+
+            return 0;
+        });
+
+        $config = new Config;
+        $config->merge(array('repositories' => array('packagist' => false)));
+        $loader = new RootPackageLoader($manager, $config, null, $processExecutor);
+        $package = $loader->load(array('require' => array('foo/bar' => 'self.version')));
+
+        $this->assertEquals("dev-master", $package->getPrettyVersion());
+    }
+
+    public function testNonFeatureBranchPrettyVersion()
+    {
+        if (!function_exists('proc_open')) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('proc_open() is not available');
+        }
+
+        $manager = $this->getMockBuilder('\\Composer\\Repository\\RepositoryManager')
+            ->disableOriginalConstructor()
+            ->getMock();
+
+        $self = $this;
+
+        /* Can do away with this mock object when https://github.com/sebastianbergmann/phpunit-mock-objects/issues/81 is fixed */
+        $processExecutor = new ProcessExecutorMock(function($command, &$output = null, $cwd = null) use ($self) {
+            if (0 === strpos($command, 'git rev-list')) {
+                $output = "";
+                return 0;
+            }
+
+            if ('git branch --no-color --no-abbrev -v' !== $command) {
+                return 1; //0;
+            }
+
+            $self->assertEquals('git branch --no-color --no-abbrev -v', $command);
+
+            $output = "* latest-production 38137d2f6c70e775e137b2d8a7a7d3eaebf7c7e5 Commit message\n  master 4f6ed96b0bc363d2aa4404c3412de1c011f67c66 Commit message\n";
+
+            return 0;
+        });
+
+        $config = new Config;
+        $config->merge(array('repositories' => array('packagist' => false)));
+        $loader = new RootPackageLoader($manager, $config, null, $processExecutor);
+        $package = $loader->load(array('require' => array('foo/bar' => 'self.version'), "non-feature-branches" => array("latest-.*")));
+
+        $this->assertEquals("dev-latest-production", $package->getPrettyVersion());
+    }
 }