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YPCrumble
YPCrumble

Reputation: 28682

How can I tell npm to install the latest bleeding edge master branch using npm install?

I'm trying to install a package using npm. I want to install the latest master branch, not any of the releases. In my package.json I currently have:

'packageName': '0.4.x',

Is there a way to tell npm to pull the latest master branch when I run npm install packageName rather than one of the repo's releases?

Something like 'packageName': 'master' in my package.json (though this doesn't work).

Upvotes: 0

Views: 463

Answers (2)

YPCrumble
YPCrumble

Reputation: 28682

npm install packageName only lets you install things that are uploaded to npm.

What I needed to do was to fork the repo myself and create a new release in my own git repo. Then I can use:

npm install git+https://github.com/myGitAccount/my-repo.git

and it will install that latest release.

Upvotes: 2

weivall
weivall

Reputation: 987

For example 

npm install git+https://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script.git

or for those without git

 npm install http://github.com/jashkenas/coffee-script/tarball/master

Information is from github

Upvotes: 1

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