Relative file paths in package.json are treated as github URLs

[larf311]

Using node 0.12.0.

When you have a dependency list like the following:

"dependencies": {
  "mymodule": "./node_modules/mymodule",
  "jquery": "~1.11.1",
},

You get an error like this:

Error during fetch: Error fetching git://github.com/./node_modules/mymodule from git: Error executing git clone: Error: spawn git ENOENT

Have also tried with the following:

"dependencies": {
  "mymodule": "file:./node_modules/mymodule",
  "jquery": "~1.11.1",
},

[ktosiek]

It seems only git+* and http/https protocols are currently supported. npm does actually handle file: paths, so it should be possible to implement. Are there any problems I'm missing?

[ktosiek]

turns out I was missing something: PackageFetcher.fetch doesn't know where a dependency came from, so it can't resolve relative paths.