NPM install : Git URL dependency error in package.json

Question

I want to set a dependency that is a Git URL of a private package in package.json I write :

"dependencies" : { 
    "mymodule" : "git://[email protected]:/myproject#mybranch"
}

When running npm install I get this error :

git clone git://[email protected]:/myproject.git Cloning into bare repository '/hom
/Ostro/.npm/_git-remotes/git-git-myrepo-com-myproject-git-4d838f3d'...
npm ERR! git clone git://git.myrepo.com:/myproject.git
npm ERR! git clone git://git.myrepo.com:/myproject.git fatal: Unable to look up
git.myrepo.com (port ) (Servname() not supported for ai_socktype)
npm ERR! Error: git "clone" "--mirror" "git://git.myrepo.com:/myproject.git" "/hom
/Ostro/.npm/_git-remotes/git-git-myrepo-com-myproject-git-4d838f3d" failed with 128
npm ERR! at ChildProcess. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/lib/utils/exec.js:56:20)
npm ERR! at ChildProcess.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:99:17)
npm ERR! at maybeClose (child_process.js:638:16)
npm ERR! at Socket.ChildProcess.spawn.stdin (child_process.js:815:11)
npm ERR! at Socket.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:96:17)
npm ERR! at Socket._destroy.destroyed (net.js:358:10)
npm ERR! at process.startup.processNextTick.process._tickCallback (node.js:245:9)

But it looks like npm call git clone --mirror git://git.myrepo.com ...etc does it not suppose to call git clone --mirror git.myrepo.com ...etc instead ?

Do someone already face that ? or have any clue ?

Answer 1

The valid forms are below. If you are using username@, you need to specify either ssh or https. Also, I am not sure the :/ is valid if you are not using an account.

git://github.com/user/project.git#commit-ish
git+ssh://user@hostname:project.git#commit-ish
git+ssh://user@hostname/project.git#commit-ish
git+http://user@hostname/project/blah.git#commit-ish
git+https://user@hostname/project/blah.git#commit-ish