[BUG] When installing a git dependency, prepare script not running

[OmgImAlexis]

What / Why

The prepare script isn't being run on install.

When

• I try and install a package via Github(maybe just git?).

Where

• npm 6.14.5 in Docker container.

How

Current Behavior

• Package is installed and no dist directory is created.

Steps to Reproduce

This should end up with dist being shown in the ls.

• mkdir x && cd x && npm init -y
• npm i github:omgimalexis/execution-time -ddd
• ls node_modules/execution-time/

This should end up with dist missing in the ls.

• docker run -it mhart/alpine-node:12 sh
• apk add --no-cache git
• mkdir x && cd x && npm init -y
• npm i github:omgimalexis/execution-time -ddd
• ls node_modules/execution-time/

Expected Behavior

• Package is installed, prepare script is run and dist directory is created.

Who

• Not sure

References

Possibly related to #1229 or #1214

Both are running npm 6.14.5 and are on node 12.

Container silly logs

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[cinderblock]

I think this is another manifestation of what happens when there is an .gitignore and no .npmignore.

From docs (I don't understand the reasoning behind this choice):

The .npmignore file works just like a .gitignore. If there is a .gitignore file, and .npmignore is missing, .gitignore’s contents will be used instead.

While you do seem to have a package.json#files, you list a directory, I think it's not quite sufficient.

From docs, emphasis mine:

Files included with the “package.json#files” field cannot be excluded through .npmignore or .gitignore.

Note it mentions "files" and not directories.

---

Fixes to try:

• Change package.json#files
  • Specify all files from dist/ explicitly
  • Use wildcard that matches files
• Add an empty .npmignore file

[OmgImAlexis]

I’ll try those. Thank you.

[OmgImAlexis]

Add an empty .npmignorefile

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[OmgImAlexis]

@cinderblock didn't seem either of those helped.

[cinderblock]

Oh well, worth a shot. I've seen that issue happen too many times.

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I'm reading the logs and seeing a couple errors that stand out. I'm not sure what they mean exactly but are worth investigating I think:

ENOENT: no such file or directory, open '/x/package.json'

---

You might also try turning on verbose npm debugging in a .npmrc file so that any children are forced to run with the same verbosity. Might need to do it at the ~/.npmrc level since sub-folders don't seem to recurse up. echo loglevel=silly >> ~/.npmrc.

https://docs.npmjs.com/using-npm/config#loglevel

Alternatively, checking for any npm-debug.log files in the tree should work too.

[darcyclarke]

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If your bug is preproducible on v7, please re-file this issue using our new issue template.

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[pcnova]

For anybody else running into this issue and finding this thread: forget about using prepare for installing from a URL like this. From my understanding, it's just not designed to work this way. Instead:

1. manually prepare your package, e.g.: build it and create a .tgz tarball from it (using npm pack)
2. upload the tarball to Github as a release asset
3. use the tarball's URL for installing with NPM

This does mean you're essentially pinned to the tarball's version, since NPM does not allow using a #semver range with tarball URLs... c'est la vie.