How to add a non-npm dependency to my package.json?
git, github, node.js, npm
Solution
---Updated Answer---
For git, I now do it using the archive path:
https://github.com/fresheneesz/trimArguments/archive/e69ed3ebdfe6cf055916ba6e3a1e4b28f696da6f.tar.gz
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I figured out a way to do this, but I still would like answered, my questions about why my previous attempts failed.
The way I got it to work is replacing my username with `git`. So:
`git+https://git@github.com/alexgorbatchev/node-browser-builtins.git#e5f81125f3c37532d7def0736265dbe87861e5e4`
If I need to add a dependency from a tarball though, I still don't know how to do that. So this isn't a complete answer.
Problem
I'm trying to add a specific revision of node-browser-builtins to my package.json file, but it doesn't seem to like the "commit-ish" revision hash. Looking at npm's documentation, it seems like most of the options under `URLs as Dependencies` require a username. I don't want to give my username.. because that really doesn't make sense. This shouldn't have to be linked to my user to work. I tried adding this tarball as a dependency - which works when I use it on the commandline (ie `npm install`): `https://github.com/alexgorbatchev/node-browser-builtins/tarball/e5f81125f3c37532d7def0736265dbe87861e5e4` but it gave me this error: `Error: 404 Not Found`. Looks like its adding an `@` on the end of the URL, which will obviously make it fail.. I've also tried option 1 in the documentation: `git://github.com/alexgorbatchev/node-browser-builtins.git#e5f81125f3c37532d7def0736265dbe87861e5e4` but it gives me the error: `npm ERR! Error: Command failed: fatal: ambiguous argument 'e5f81125f3c37532d7def0736265dbe87861e5e4@': unknown revision or path not in the working tree.` Looks like its erroneously adding an `@` in this case too. I have gotten it to work by doing this: `git+https://myUserName@github.com/alexgorbatchev/node-browser-builtins.git#e5f81125f3c37532d7def0736265dbe87861e5e4` But again, I don't want my username associated with the dependency. So how are you supposed to do this? More info: I'm on windows 7, npm -v 1.2.24, and my package.json has dependencies listed in an array (`[]`), not an object.