many packages fail to upgrade with a common error

[mark-hahn]

I had eleven packages that needed upgrading. Of those five failed with the error below. The error was pretty much the same in every case.

• atom-git-projects

• command-logger

• hex

• merge-conflicts

• project-manager

  npm ERR! Failed to clone git+https://github.com/Benvie/harmony-collections.git#e81b4b808359e2def9eeeabfdee69c2989e1fe96 from https
  ://github.com/Benvie/harmony-collections.git fatal: could not create work tree dir 'C:\Users\ADMINI1\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-7700-
  bea001b1\1422052105428-0.08866072678938508\e81b4b808359e2def9eeeabfdee69c2989e1fe96'.: No such file or directory
  npm ERR! Failed to clone git+https://github.com/Benvie/harmony-collections.git#e81b4b808359e2def9eeeabfdee69c2989e1fe96 from https
  ://github.com/Benvie/harmony-collections.git
  npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.2.9200
  npm ERR! argv "c:\Users\Administrator\AppData\Local\atom\app-0.175.0\resources\app\apm\bin\node.exe" "c:\Users\Admi
  nistrator\AppData\Local\atom\app-0.175.0\resources\app\apm\node_modules\npm\bin\npm-cli.js" "--globalconfig" "c:\Users
  \Administrator\AppData\Local\atom\app-0.175.0\resources\app\apm.apmrc" "--userconfig" "C:\Users\Administrator.atom
  .apmrc" "install" "C:\Users\ADMINI1\AppData\Local\Temp\d-115023-9764-36kiea\package.tgz" "--target=0.20.0" "--arch=ia32" "
  --msvs_version=2013"
  npm ERR! node v0.10.35
  npm ERR! npm v2.1.18
  npm ERR! code 128

  npm ERR! Command failed: fatal: could not create work tree dir 'C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-7700-bea001b1\14220521054
  28-0.08866072678938508\e81b4b808359e2def9eeeabfdee69c2989e1fe96'.: No such file or directory
  npm ERR!
  npm ERR!
  npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
  npm ERR! http://github.com/npm/npm/issues

These commands worked fine when I put them in manually ...

git clone https://github.com/Benvie/harmony-collections.git
mkdir C:\Users\ADMINI~1\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-7700-bea001b1\1422052105428-0.08866072678938508\e81b4b808359e2def9eeeabfdee69c2989e1fe96

apm 0.123.0
npm 2.1.18
node 0.10.35
python 2.7.8
git 1.7.11.msysgit.1
visual studio 2013

[mark-hahn]

Closed in favor of atom/atom#5202