npm install private github repositories by dependency in package json

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I m trying to install github private repository by npm that includes other private github repositories as dependency   Have tried a lot of ways and posts but none is working  Here is what i m doing    npm install git https   github com myusername mygitrepository git   in package json  is like      dependencies          repository1name    git https   github com myusername repository1 git        repository2name    git https   github com myusername repository2 git      What is the the right way to do it

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For those of you who came here for public directories, from the npm docs: https://docs.npmjs.com/files/package.json#git-urls-as-dependencies

Git URLs as Dependencies

Git urls can be of the form:

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

The commit-ish can be any tag, sha, or branch which can be supplied as an argument to git checkout. The default is master.

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The accepted answer works  but I don t like much the idea to paste secure tokens into the package json  I have found it elsewhere  just run this one-time command as documented in the git-config manpage   git config --global url  https     GITHUB TOKEN  github com   insteadOf git github com    GITHUB TOKEN may be setup as environmnet variable or pasted directly  and then I install private github repos like  npm install user repo --save    works also in Heroku  just setup the above git config     command as heroku-prebuild script in package json and setup GITHUB TOKEN as Heroku config variable

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For my private repository reference I didn t want to include a secure token  and none of the other simple  i e  specifying only in package json  worked   Here s what did work    Went to GitHub com Navigated to Private Repository Clicked  Clone or Download  and Copied URL  which didn t match the examples above  Added  commit-sha Ran npm install

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There s also SSH Key - Still asking for password and passphrase  Using ssh-add    ssh id rsa without a local keychain   This avoids having to mess with tokens

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The following worked just fine in all scenarios i needed      dependencies      GitRepo    git https    lt token-from-github gt  x-oauth-basic github com  lt user gt   lt GitRepo gt  git

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Try this    dependencies         name1     git   github com user project git commit-ish      name2     git   github com user project git commit-ish      You could also try this  where visionmedia express is name repo    dependencies          express     visionmedia express      Or  if the npm package module exists     dependencies         name           Taken from NPM docs

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Here is a more detailed version of how to use the Github token without publishing in the package json file    Create personal github access token Setup url rewrite in    gitconfig   git config --global url  https    lt TOKEN HERE gt  x-oauth-basic github com   insteadOf https   x-oauth-basic github com     Install private repository  Verbose log level for debugging access errors    npm install --loglevel verbose --save git https   x-oauth-basic github com  lt USERNAME HERE gt   lt REPOSITORY HERE gt  git v0 1 27   In case access to Github fails  try running the git ls-remote     command that the npm install will print

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dependencies        some-package    github github username some-package      or just   dependencies        some-package    github username some-package      https   docs npmjs com files package json github-urls

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There are multiple ways to do it as people point out  but the shortest versions are      from master  depName    user repo       specific branch  depName    user repo branch       specific commit  depName    user repo commit       private repo  depName    git https    TOKEN  x-oauth-basic github com user repo git    e g     dependencies         hexo-renderer-marked    amejiarosario dsa jsd book      hexo-renderer-marked    amejiarosario dsa js 8ea61ce      hexo-renderer-marked    amejiarosario dsa js

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Since Git uses curl under the hood  you can use    netrc file with the credentials  For GitHub it would look something like this   machine github com   login  lt github username gt    password  lt password OR github access token gt    If you choose to use access tokens  it can be generated from       Settings -  Developer settings -  Personal access tokens   This should also work if you are using Github Enterprise in your own corporation  just put your enterprise github url in the machine field

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