Install Atom Packages from Git URLs

[seflless]

Hi,

Am I missing something or can you not install atom packages from git repos?

We're developing an atom package that we don't want to go live with. We're currently requiring people to do the following:

1. Run the following

   git clone <package-repo>
   cd package-name
   apm link .
   

2. Get them to run in development mode for it to work.

If it's not supported. We believe it should be for easier pre-release internal testing. We're building something cool but for marketing requirement reasons can't be developing pre-alpha in public.

Considerations appreciated,
Francois

[thomasjo]

Remember to do apm install (e.g. after linking).

[seflless]

Thanks, good point. Will add to our documentation.

That doens't solve the issue of course. This is the error I get:

Francoiss-MacBook-Pro:dev francoislaberge$ apm install git@github.jibo.com:sdk/jibo-atom.git
Installing git@github.jibo.com:sdk/jibo-atom.git to /Users/francoislaberge/.atom/packages ✗
Request for package information failed: Not Found
Francoiss-MacBook-Pro:dev francoislaberge$ 

[thedaniel]

He means:

git clone <package-repo>
cd package-name
apm install
apm link .

Anyway, this is something that we'd like to have. The core team doesn't currently have it on the roadmap, but pull requests are welcome.

[seflless]

@thedaniel Yup. I understood that part. Thanks for answer too. Good to know people are open to it.

[treydavis]

If apm packages are just GitHub repos, why not support:

apm install username/repo
apm install username/repo/branch
apm install apm-package

[seflless]

It'd be nice if worked with the exact same behavior as npm, which means supporting any remote git server, thus allowing the private development of plugins/modules before launch or even as a way to distribute private plugins (useful for internal tools that haven't been cleared for public use yet or never will)

[cornz]

Would be really nice as I'm currently facing the exact same issue.

[sebicas]

+1 for this. I am trying to install a package that is falling and this would be helpful.

[shadowbq]

+1 for this. I am trying to use a plugin that author has fixed the issues in the repo but not yet published the package update for the 1.0 atom api changes.

[z3ntu]

#355 (comment) would be great!

[BinaryMuse]

Fixed by #518