How to get pub from GitHub as a dependency

dart, dart-pub, git, github

Solution

Add the dependency in `pubspec.yaml` like

Edit pubspec.yaml in text mode

dependencies:
  widget:
    git: git@github.com:dart-lang/widget.dart.git

Use the assistant

if you open the `pubspec.yaml` file in DartEditor you get a nice assistant

- click `Add...`

- Enter name of package: 'widget'

- Change the lookup `Source` from `hosted` to `git`

- Set `Git ref:` to `git@github.com:dart-lang/widget.dart.git`

Additional Info:

- You can look up the dependency name in the file `pubspec.yaml` in the widget's GitHub repository under `name: widget`

- You can copy the git path from the GitHub repository under `SSH clone URL` (above the 'Download ZIP` button)

EDIT To make this work you need to have the git command line client installed on your local system.

You can download the repository manually

git clone git@github.com:dart-lang/widget.dart.git

and add the following dependency

dependencies:
  widget:
    git: ../widget.dart
    # path: ../widget.dart # would work too

Alternatively you can download the repository from GitHub (Download as ZIP) extract it to your local drive and use a `path:` dependency like

dependencies:
  widget:
    path: ../widget.dart

provided you extracted the ZIP to a sibling folder of your package.

See also https://www.dartlang.org/tools/pub/dependencies#git-packages

Problem

I'm learning Dart, but I found a problem: I want to add the widget.dart package from its GitHub repository as a dependency for my project. But in pub.dartlang.org there is very old version, which requires the obsolete Web UI. Does anyone know, how to get the pub from GitHub repository (and install it like the one from the pub.dartlang.org)? I'm using GitHub on Windows and Dart Editor. Update: I tried to add it into a dependency and run 'pub get' in the classic way: ``` dependencies: widget: git: git@github.com:dart-lang/widget.dart.git ``` But it returns this error: ``` --- 30.1.2014 15:35:27 Running pub get ... --- Pub get failed, [1] Resolving dependencies... Cannot get widget from Git (git@github.com:dart-lang/widget.dart.git). Please ensure Git is correctly installed. e:\b\build\slave\dart-editor-win-stable\build\dart\sdk\lib\_internal\pub\lib\src\source\git.dart 42 GitSource.downloadToSystemCache.<fn> dart:isolate _RawReceivePortImpl._handleMessage This is an unexpected error. Please run pub --trace 'get' and include the results in a bug report on http://dartbug.com/new. ** Warning: Application may fail to run since packages did not get installed.Try running pub get again. ** ```

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