npm@2.7.4 fails to install private git repository dependencies

[imyller]

npm 2.7.4 included with io.js 1.6.3 fails to install dependencies from private git repositories such as:

"private": "git+ssh://git@github.com:org/private"

Error:

npm ERR! Cannot read property 'charAt' of undefined 

For more information see npm/npm#7807

[Fishrock123]

Noted, thanks. We'll try to get a 1.6.4 out when npm is updated with the fix here.

[othiym23]

npm@2.7.5 has a fix for this, but comes with an ugly and misleading error message when cloning private GitHub repositories. npm@2.7.6 has all the fixes, but should probably be allowed to bake for a week so people have a chance to make sure that I've finally gotten all the git cheese-moving complete and correct. I'm really sorry for all this churn around git, and all I can say is that this is part of a long-term investment to make npm's git integration more consistent and robust, at the cost of some short-term pain.

[Fishrock123]

@imyller If you have time, could apply #1337 to help verify?

https://github.com/iojs/io.js/pull/1337.patch

[Fishrock123]

Fixed in v1.6.4 as of 5eb983e