Repeatedly performing npm-install fails with EISGIT: Appears to be a git repo or submodule #13

sdduursma · 2017-10-20T15:58:21Z

When repeatedly performing npm install with a dependency on react-native-version-number, npm fails with the error code EISGIT.

I have declared a dependency on on react-native-version-number in my package.json like so:

  ...
  "dependencies": {
    "react-native-version-number": ">=0.2.0",
    ...
  },
  ...

Performing npm install for the first time succeeds. Performing npm install immediately again will fail:

$ rm -rf node_modules/
$ npm install
$ <installation succeeds>
$
$ npm install
npm ERR! path <path/to/project/root>/node_modules/react-native-version-number
npm ERR! code EISGIT
npm ERR! git <path/to/project/root>/node_modules/react-native-version-number: Appears to be a git repo or submodule.
npm ERR! git     <path/to/project/root>/node_modules/react-native-version-number
npm ERR! git Refusing to remove it. Update manually,
npm ERR! git or move it out of the way first.

When inspecting the installed react-native-version-number module in node_modules, I found that the module contains a .git file.

Any help resolving this failure would be much appreciated. Thanks!

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alexgvozden · 2017-10-24T11:53:28Z

seems that project owner needs to remove git repository from the package...

kkjdaniel · 2017-11-01T10:05:59Z

+1 I am also having this issue. As @alexgvozden mentions, the package needs to be updated to remove the .git directory from the package. As a temporary fix for @sdduursma , just go into the directory and use rm -rf .git this will stop NPM complaining.

karltaylor · 2017-11-16T14:47:10Z

Any plans on this getting fixed?

joncursi · 2017-12-13T17:15:33Z

Bump 😅

neo125874 · 2017-12-22T02:25:47Z

@kkjdaniel 's solution got this work!

unpokolokko · 2018-01-08T16:05:25Z

i solved this problem by removing it before performing npm install again as it suggests.

viacheslav-gotsuliak · 2018-01-12T11:34:26Z

Having same issue

mieszko4 · 2018-01-23T02:56:35Z

Please fix it, I have the same issue

tnyavdc · 2018-01-26T20:05:20Z

Bump

evanjmg · 2018-01-30T12:09:46Z

+1

geekyDP · 2018-01-31T09:30:09Z

Having same issue

trietlam · 2018-02-04T22:47:15Z

same issue, and have to manually remove .git directory inside the package

pellarboss · 2018-02-05T07:30:15Z

+1

yutakaA · 2018-02-14T11:59:44Z

+1

IrfyNaz · 2018-02-20T14:07:18Z

+1

goldengecko · 2018-03-01T12:29:36Z

+1

VinceBT · 2018-03-03T12:17:23Z

+1

craig8two · 2018-03-12T13:04:51Z

+1

keech · 2018-03-13T13:44:00Z

+1

adrianboimvaser · 2018-03-13T20:06:39Z

Is this project dead?

duongntb94 · 2018-03-14T09:03:35Z

1

Lastin · 2018-03-16T16:30:14Z

Related issue. #20
Fixed in: #24

alvaromb · 2018-05-28T09:48:55Z

Sorry! Not dead, just very very busy.

This was merged & solved a while ago.

Thanks for reporting!

VinceBT · 2018-05-28T17:18:52Z

By the way could you also add these files to ignore in the .npmignore ?

They are useless for the user and it just makes your package heavier.

.idea
.eslintrc
.travis.yml

alvaromb · 2018-05-29T09:24:20Z

Will try to do it later, @VinceBT. Cool avatar BTW 😉

Thi should fix `EISGIT` errors during `npm install`. The error happened with npm v6.2.0 (probably other versions as well) when `npm i` was run multiple times in a repo (e.g. for package updates). It did not matter whether the FSPromise package was installed as a direct dependency of the repo or as a 2nd level dependency. A very similar problem was documented here: APSL/react-native-version-number#13

hadicodes · 2018-11-14T15:33:02Z

+1 I am also having this issue. As @alexgvozden mentions, the package needs to be updated to remove the .git directory from the package. As a temporary fix for @sdduursma , just go into the directory and use rm -rf .git this will stop NPM complaining.

This^ worked for me since I had a custom module (not from) npm installed and it had a .git hidden folder tracking it. Thanks @kkjdaniel !

jose2007kj · 2019-01-03T06:49:21Z

rm -rf .git

i did his coomand from my project root folder and i lost my .git file and the branches,make sure you dont use this command in wrong place

jo3ran · 2019-05-03T08:36:01Z

Hey,

I don't want to delete the .git folder in one of the npm packages, since I'm checking out the latest updates for this package from the repo. Thus, I'm not able to install other npm packages, since it keeps complaining, that this particular package has a git repo.

How to proceed? Or: What's the reason of this behavior?

jose2007kj · 2019-05-03T14:45:25Z

@jo3ran refer this stackoverflow question How to update npm modules, ignoring a git repo some imes it might be helpfull

tajpouria · 2019-05-10T12:01:37Z

Ubuntu 18.4
i had same issue fixing by going to given directory and remove .git " rm -rf .git " in my case : /home/lenovo/Desktop/native/fun/jobs/node_modules/react-native-safe-area-view

zandi2015 · 2019-05-15T08:11:40Z

+1 I am also having this issue. As @alexgvozden mentions, the package needs to be updated to remove the .git directory from the package. As a temporary fix for @sdduursma , just go into the directory and use rm -rf .git this will stop NPM complaining.

you can use rm -rf node_modules/package_name/.git/ in root terminal....

Seb6277 · 2019-05-15T08:27:17Z

Same problem while installing moment package.
npm install --save moment

it say react-native-safe-area-view is a git repo.

I've remove the .git folder and it's works. Are they a reason to put the .git into the package ?

arcollector · 2019-05-15T17:29:36Z

add this to your package.json file in the scripts json part

"scripts": {
    ...,
    "preinstall": "rm -rf node_modules/react-native-safe-area-view/.git"
  },

ABibin · 2019-05-30T11:37:26Z

remove any .git files present in the node_modules folder

In your terminal, from your project folder:
rm -rf node_modules/*/.git

davidseek · 2019-06-11T22:12:20Z

add this to your package.json file in the scripts json part
"scripts": {
    ...,
    "preinstall": "rm -rf node_modules/react-native-safe-area-view/.git"
  },

this works perfectly. thank you

nishurishabh · 2019-07-17T07:09:40Z

kkjdaniel worked for me.

cjbt · 2019-07-22T04:14:37Z

+1 I am also having this issue. As @alexgvozden mentions, the package needs to be updated to remove the .git directory from the package. As a temporary fix for @sdduursma , just go into the directory and use rm -rf .git this will stop NPM complaining.

I don't care if this was 2+ years ago. This was the fix for me and I want to say that I love you.

BwL1289 · 2019-08-28T15:55:37Z

+1 I am also having this issue. As @alexgvozden mentions, the package needs to be updated to remove the .git directory from the package. As a temporary fix for @sdduursma , just go into the directory and use rm -rf .git this will stop NPM complaining.

I don't care if this was 2+ years ago. This was the fix for me and I want to say that I love you.

i also love @alexgvozden

dirkdirk · 2019-11-06T19:25:45Z

Try updating NPM to version 6.10. This is a known issue with NPM v6.9.

https://npm.community/t/npm-6-9-1-is-broken-due-to-git-folder-in-published-tarball/8454/5

cherucole · 2019-12-04T08:58:27Z

+1 I am also having this issue. As @alexgvozden mentions, the package needs to be updated to remove the .git directory from the package. As a temporary fix for @sdduursma , just go into the directory and use rm -rf .git this will stop NPM complaining.

This worked like a charm for me

prideaux · 2019-12-06T10:35:01Z

add this to your package.json file in the scripts json part
"scripts": {
    ...,
    "preinstall": "rm -rf node_modules/react-native-safe-area-view/.git"
  },

I also use:

"postinstall": "rm -rf node_modules/react-native-safe-area-view/.git"

so that if npm install is run then it removes it after installing also.

Therefore I have:

  "scripts": {
    ...,
    "preinstall": "rm -rf node_modules/react-native-safe-area-view/.git",
    "postinstall": "rm -rf node_modules/react-native-safe-area-view/.git"
  },

cjo2 · 2019-12-10T18:05:28Z

Hi there, not sure if this is specific to the zsh console, but I had to adjust the command for it to work for me (two asterisks instead of one).

rm -rf node_modules/**/.git/

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Repeatedly performing npm-install fails with EISGIT: Appears to be a git repo or submodule #13

Repeatedly performing npm-install fails with EISGIT: Appears to be a git repo or submodule #13

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