Install specific branch from github using Npm

Question

There are extra square brackets in the command you tried.

To install the latest version from the brach-name branch, you can use:

npm install "https://github.com/shakacode/bootstrap-loader.git#branch-name" --save

Just do:

npm install username/repo#branchName --save

e.g. (my username is betimer)

npm i betimer/rtc-attach#master --save

// this will appear in your package.json:
"rtc-attach": "github:betimer/rtc-attach#master"

One thing I also want to mention: it's not a good idea to check in the package.json for the build server auto pull the change. Instead, put the npm i (first command) into the build command, and let server just install and replace the package.

One more note, if the package.json private is set to true, may impact sometimes.

you can give git pattern as version, yarn and npm are clever enough to resolve from a git repo.

yarn add any-package@user-name/repo-name#branch-name

or for npm

npm install --save any-package@user-name/repo-name#branch-name

Another approach would be to add the following line to package.json dependencies:

"package-name": "user/repo#branch"

For example:

"dependencies": {
    ... other dependencies ...

    "react-native": "facebook/react-native#master"
}

And then do npm install or yarn install