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Add warning to docs about package repos, refs #2011 #563

Jordi Boggiano 12 years ago
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 Typically you would leave the source part off, as you don't really need it.
 Typically you would leave the source part off, as you don't really need it.
 
 
+> **Note**: This repository type has a few limitations and should be avoided
+> whenever possible:
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+> - Composer will not update the package unless you change the `version` field.
+> - Composer will not update the commit references, so if you use `master` as
+>   reference you will have to delete the package to force an update, and will
+>   have to deal with an unstable lock file.
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 ## Hosting your own
 ## Hosting your own
 
 
 While you will probably want to put your packages on packagist most of the time,
 While you will probably want to put your packages on packagist most of the time,