Recipe for 'dev-master' is not installed

[zerustech]

// src/Downloader.php
// line: 200
// 'master.9999999' is an alias of 'dev-master', so they should be identical, but 
// version_compare('master.9999999', 'dev-master', '<') returns true, 
// so if the bundle's version is 'dev-master', which is normalized as 'master.9999999', 
// and the recipe version is 'dev-master', then the 'dev-master' recipe will not be matched.
// This issue affects bundle developers who need install 'dev-master' recipes frequently when developing bundles.
if (version_compare($version, $v, '<')) {
    continue;
}

[stof]

where is this master.9999999 coming from ?

[zerustech]

where is this master.9999999 coming from ?

// src/Downloader.php
if ($recipeVersions = $this->index[$package->getName()] ?? null) {
    $version = explode('.', preg_replace('/^dev-|^v|\.x-dev$|-dev$/', '', $version));
    // Line: 197
    // When the original value of $version is 'dev-master', this line of code will
    // normalize $version to 'master.9999999'
    $version = $version[0].'.'.($version[1] ?? '9999999');

[zerustech]

There is a workaround:

1. Configure a branch alias (e.g., 1.0.x-dev) for 'dev-master' of the bundle repository. The version-like alias will be normalized to '1.0' by the Downloader;
2. Configure a '1.0.x-dev' or '1.0' recipe, so that the normalized package version is not earlier than the recipe version;
3. In this way, the recipe version will be matched and installed.