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How to install an npm package from Github directly
Overview
NPM or Node Package Manager is a package manager generally used to publish or install node packages. We are all used to installing npm packages using the npm install command.
For example, to install the express module, we can perform the following:
npm install express
Installing NPM package directly from Github
npm install git+ssh://git@github.com:expressjs/express.git
Installing the package from a branch on Github
npm install git+ssh://git@github.com:expressjs/express.git/tree/{BRANCH}
Conclusion
Being able to download packages from Github allows us to download packages that may be private. That may be partially worked on, and hence cannot be uploaded to npm registry.
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