The initial meant use is to allow the consumer to exclude sure dependencies from being added/eliminated/modified when "vendoring" dependencies. This area is combined with branchPrefix and additionalBranchPrefix to sort the entire branchName. branchName uniqueness is vital for dependency update grouping or non-grouping so be cautious about ever editing this area https://preecha-concrete-pile93714.thenerdsblog.com/38226122/the-fact-about-i18-pile-that-no-one-is-suggesting