Repository dependency management

A computer processing system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• computer-readable memory storing sequences of instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to:
• manage a repository, the repository including one or more component packages and a repository configuration;
• access the repository configuration file listing repository dependencies specifying a software build, each repository dependency of the repository dependencies identifying a component package of source code stored in the repository;
• based on a repository dependency of the repository dependencies listed in the repository configuration file, generate an updated repository dependency to include at least a first repository dependency alias and a second repository dependency alias corresponding to a same package dependency listed in a package configuration file of a component package of the one or more component packages, the second repository dependency alias representing a newer version of the package dependency than the first repository dependency alias;
• parse the package configuration file;
• link the first repository dependency alias to a first package dependency listed in the package configuration file and the second repository dependency alias to a second package dependency listed in the package configuration file;
• and
• de-alias the first repository dependency alias and the second repository dependency alias to restore the repository dependency, wherein the de-aliasing is performed after the received dependency is updated in all component packages comprised in the repository.