Bower and bower.json: Dependency Version Conflict Resolution

Flat Dependency Tree Management

Bower employs a flat dependency model, ensuring that only a single version of any given component is installed within a project. This differs from nested dependency structures found in other package managers, as it prevents duplicate libraries from being loaded into the browser.

Interoperability Constraints

When multiple dependencies in a bower.json file require different, incompatible version ranges of the same sub-dependency, the resolution process requires manual intervention. This creates a bottleneck during integration when automated build pipelines cannot interactively resolve these version mismatches.

Given these constraints, what are the mechanisms for pre-defining a specific version to override conflicts without modifying the source bower.json of the upstream dependency? How does the resolution logic prioritize the root project's version requirements over those of nested dependencies?