npm init - how to confirm the "Is this ok?" question #14257

retan · 2016-10-12T11:23:20Z

I'm opening this issue because:

It's not a big issue but it a bit irritating. When I run the npm init everything goes fine. The package.json is created but I have no idea how to confirm the "Is this ok? (yes)" question. I expect that after confirmation the process should stop / terminate itself. I tried hitting Enter, typing "yes" and hitting Enter, typing "y" and hitting Enter but I only get some new lines.

Running on , using git bash.

supporting information:

npm -v prints: 3.7.3
node -v prints: v5.9.1
npm config get registry prints: https://registry.npmjs.org/
OS: Windows 10 pro 64bit
Using: git bash

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ChiralCarbon · 2016-10-18T18:27:30Z

Same problem!Please help

retan · 2016-10-18T19:45:03Z

I determined it happens only in git bash. In the default windows command line it works as expected.
I'm not sure if that is a git bash or npm issue then?

slamma009 · 2016-11-02T01:23:08Z

Yeah, it works perfectly fine in default windows CMD prompt. Thanks for that retan.

legodude17 · 2016-11-02T18:53:46Z

Do all of the other questions in npm init work? This is either an issue with git bash or read. I am leaning towards git bash.

retan · 2016-11-07T20:51:07Z

@legodude17 it seems all the others do work. If I press Enter when the Is this ok? (yes) questions is displayed, a (correct) package.json file is created but the process does not stop. If I type no and press Enter then Aborted. is displayed but the process does not stop either.

legodude17 · 2016-11-07T20:52:51Z

Do you have a file called ~/.npm-init.js?

retan · 2016-11-09T19:00:12Z

@legodude17 Where exactly? It's not in my project in any case.

legodude17 · 2016-11-09T19:00:48Z

In you home directory, called npm-init.js.

retan · 2016-11-09T22:49:54Z

No, there's none.
I tested npm init command with a completely empty folder.

legodude17 · 2016-11-09T23:05:23Z

Ok. I looked through the code, the real problem is the init-package-json package. Also, the Is this ok? question is the only one that init-package-json asks instead of letting promzard do it. How about you try running node -e "read({prompt:'Is this ok? ', default: 'yes'}, function (er, ok) {if (!ok || ok.toLowerCase().charAt(0) !== 'y') { console.log('Aborted.'); } else { console.log('Yay!');} })"? Does that work correctly?

legodude17 · 2016-11-09T23:10:56Z

Upon looking at promzard, my guess is that read() errored somehow and then it just hung, because that line doesn't actually handle errors. Probably git bash does something with that prompt.

legodude17 · 2016-11-09T23:17:38Z

Issued a PR to fix that in init-package-json. npm/init-package-json#68

retan · 2016-11-09T23:21:31Z

@legodude17 I've run that command in git bash and the output was:
bash: !ok: event not found

legodude17 · 2016-11-09T23:29:54Z

Now I am very confused. What do you think @kenany or @zkat? It looks like the command was parsed wrong. Try opening the node REPL and pasting in

read({prompt:'Is this ok? ', default: 'yes'}, function (er, ok) {
  if (!ok || ok.toLowerCase().charAt(0) !== 'y') {
    console.log('Aborted.');
  } else {
    console.log('Yay!');
  }
})

retan · 2016-11-09T23:32:29Z

@legodude17 sorry but I'm relatively new to node. What is REPL?

legodude17 · 2016-11-09T23:33:41Z

Just run node with no arguments and you can then just enter random code into the prompt. Paste the code above at the >. 😄

retan · 2016-11-09T23:46:12Z

OK. 😆
This is what I've got:

$ node
> read({prompt:'Is this ok? ', default: 'yes'}, function (er, ok) {
...   if (!ok || ok.toLowerCase().charAt(0) !== 'y') {
.....     console.log('Aborted.');
.....   } else {
.....     console.log('Yay!');
.....   }
... })
ReferenceError: read is not defined
    at repl:1:1
    at REPLServer.defaultEval (repl.js:262:27)
    at bound (domain.js:287:14)
    at REPLServer.runBound [as eval] (domain.js:300:12)
    at REPLServer.<anonymous> (repl.js:431:12)
    at emitOne (events.js:82:20)
    at REPLServer.emit (events.js:169:7)
    at REPLServer.Interface._onLine (readline.js:211:10)
    at REPLServer.Interface._line (readline.js:550:8)
    at REPLServer.Interface._ttyWrite (readline.js:827:14)

legodude17 · 2016-11-10T17:46:26Z

Oh right. I forgot. Third try is the charm. Go to empty directory, run npm install read, then node, then paste in

require('read')({prompt:'Is this ok? ', default: 'yes'}, function (er, ok) {
  if (!ok || ok.toLowerCase().charAt(0) !== 'y') {
     console.log('Aborted.');
   } else {
    console.log('Yay!');
  }
})

retan · 2016-11-10T18:46:31Z

Here's the output after hitting Enter key:

> require('read')({prompt:'Is this ok? ', default: 'yes'}, function (er, ok) {
...   if (!ok || ok.toLowerCase().charAt(0) !== 'y') {
.....      console.log('Aborted.');
.....    } else {
.....     console.log('Yay!');
.....   }
... })
Is this ok? (yes) undefined
>
>
Yay!

But now if I try to type some answer something strange is going on. Here I tried to type y but got yy. And as you see there is a ReferenceError.

> require('read')({prompt:'Is this ok? ', default: 'yes'}, function (er, ok) {
...   if (!ok || ok.toLowerCase().charAt(0) !== 'y') {
.....      console.log('Aborted.');
.....    } else {
.....     console.log('Yay!');
.....   }
... })
Is this ok? (yes) undefined
> yy
ReferenceError: y is not defined
    at repl:1:1
    at REPLServer.defaultEval (repl.js:262:27)
    at bound (domain.js:287:14)
    at REPLServer.runBound [as eval] (domain.js:300:12)
    at REPLServer.<anonymous> (repl.js:431:12)
    at emitOne (events.js:82:20)
    at REPLServer.emit (events.js:169:7)
    at REPLServer.Interface._onLine (readline.js:211:10)
    at REPLServer.Interface._line (readline.js:550:8)
    at REPLServer.Interface._ttyWrite (readline.js:827:14)
>
Yay!

Here I tried to type yes but got yyeess

> require('read')({prompt:'Is this ok? ', default: 'yes'}, function (er, ok) {
...   if (!ok || ok.toLowerCase().charAt(0) !== 'y') {
.....      console.log('Aborted.');
.....    } else {
.....     console.log('Yay!');
.....   }
... })
Is this ok? (yes) undefined
> yyeess
ReferenceError: yes is not defined
    at repl:1:1
    at REPLServer.defaultEval (repl.js:262:27)
    at bound (domain.js:287:14)
    at REPLServer.runBound [as eval] (domain.js:300:12)
    at REPLServer.<anonymous> (repl.js:431:12)
    at emitOne (events.js:82:20)
    at REPLServer.emit (events.js:169:7)
    at REPLServer.Interface._onLine (readline.js:211:10)
    at REPLServer.Interface._line (readline.js:550:8)
    at REPLServer.Interface._ttyWrite (readline.js:827:14)
>
Yay!

legodude17 · 2016-11-10T19:47:29Z

So the command worked, but the way the REPL works, it was interpreted once by the read(1), and then again by the REPL itself. This is actually kind of a bug with the REPL. Do you still have this issue after updating to the latest npm?

retan · 2016-11-11T13:31:01Z

I've just installed the lasted node.js.

$ npm -v
3.10.8

Thee result of your code in git bash is exactly the same.

legodude17 · 2016-11-12T20:24:26Z

Does npm init work the way it should now in git bash.

retan · 2016-11-15T19:58:32Z

No, it does not.
I behaves exactly the same as described at the beginning.

retan · 2016-11-15T20:03:33Z

I've just tried to run npm init --verbose. Maybe this will give you some idea. As before - the command did not exit after confirmation:

$ npm init --verbose
npm info it worked if it ends with ok
npm verb cli [ 'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe',
npm verb cli   'C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js',
npm verb cli   'init',
npm verb cli   '--verbose' ]
npm info using npm@3.10.8
npm info using node@v6.9.1
This utility will walk you through creating a package.json file.
It only covers the most common items, and tries to guess sensible defaults.

See `npm help json` for definitive documentation on these fields
and exactly what they do.

Use `npm install <pkg> --save` afterwards to install a package and
save it as a dependency in the package.json file.

Press ^C at any time to quit.
name: (test2) test2test
version: (1.0.0)
description: test
entry point: (index.js) test.js
test command:
git repository:
keywords: some test key words
author: me
license: (ISC) UNLICENSED
About to write to D:\xampp\htdocs\test2\package.json:

{
  "name": "test2test",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "test",
  "main": "test.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
  },
  "keywords": [
    "some",
    "test",
    "key",
    "words"
  ],
  "author": "me",
  "license": "UNLICENSED"
}


Is this ok? (yes) y
npm info init written successfully
npm verb exit [ 0, true ]

legodude17 · 2016-11-15T20:34:43Z

According to the log, it exited. Does it still hang?

retan · 2016-11-15T20:37:13Z

Yes it does.

legodude17 · 2016-11-15T20:38:30Z

That is very strange, because it says it exited. @kenany, any thoughts?

vemvemvem · 2016-11-22T06:54:33Z

Same problem just now. New to Node & Gitbash. Would love if it worked.

retan · 2016-11-22T18:48:47Z

@vemvemvem My advice until it get fixed - just use the regular windows command line for npm init. Ever since I came across this problem (with npm init in git bash) I switched to command line and I hate to admit... it works better with node than git bash in many respects (output coloring, additional info from some scripts, etc.).

legodude17 · 2016-11-23T21:54:15Z

I still don't get how it was saying it exited and then not exiting.

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@vemvemvem https://github.com/vemvemvem My advice until it get fixed -
just use the regular windows command line for npm init. Ever since I came
across this problem (with npm init in git bash) I switched to command
line and I hate to admit... I works better with node than git bash in many
respects (output coloring, additional info from some scripts, etc.).

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retan · 2016-11-23T23:37:10Z

@legodude17 Maybe you should install git bash and test it yourself. Maybe there's something running in the background that doesn't respond the way that git bash expects (it's just a wild guess).

legodude17 · 2016-11-23T23:50:26Z

I don't have a windows machine. `npm init` works fine for me. Try running `npm init -y` in git bash. Does it still hang?

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retan · 2016-11-25T00:11:25Z

npm init hangs.
npm init -y does not hang.

Philneeves · 2016-11-25T08:38:14Z

Hi retan I had this problem and in fact you just press ctrl + C and it takes you back to the command line in git bash in the directory you would have set up for this

vemvemvem · 2016-11-25T09:57:53Z

@retan @legodude17 @Philneeves

Both methods work. "npm init -y" as well as "npm init" & CTR + C while screen hangs. Thanks guys !

retan · 2016-11-25T21:32:47Z

Of course you can kill it. That does not change the fact something is not working here as expected, which is confusing.

legodude17 · 2016-11-27T05:15:55Z

I agree with @vemvemvem and @retan. You can kill it, but it should exit on its own. I will look into this more soon.

ghost · 2016-12-02T03:25:39Z

You should run this command and restart git-bash.

$ echo alias npm=\"winpty npm.cmd\" >> ~/.bashrc

retan · 2016-12-03T13:15:26Z

@hyeonsig What does that command do?

legodude17 · 2016-12-07T18:26:51Z

It runs npm with winpty always. IDK what winpty is, so ask @hyeonsig for that.

retan · 2016-12-07T23:56:07Z

@hyeonsig Is this what you meant? https://github.com/rprichard/winpty
Sorry, but it sounds a bit fishy to mee. I don't like the part about the "hidden console window" at all. I'm not an expert, but isn't it a security risk?

Philneeves · 2016-12-08T08:36:57Z

Hi guys sorry for my comment before about ctrl + c as of course that does just break you out of it if it is hanging. I'd only just started using it and wasn't aware. The issue is in fact with git bash and I've switched now to Windows Powershell for my git and that works perfectly.

fabricepallaud · 2017-03-11T16:10:11Z

Hmm still no fix for this?

Philneeves · 2017-03-11T16:29:15Z

It's a git bash issue, just don't use git bash

jamesbarrett95 · 2017-04-04T21:59:46Z

Experiencing the same issue in Git Bash. Despite the package.json being created, the process still runs. Just do a CTRL + C to terminate the process.

ob-ivan · 2017-05-03T10:28:06Z

Still having the issue here. Thanks to this thread for work-arounds.

WaffleSouffle · 2017-05-05T11:24:55Z

Have same issue with npm v4.5.0 on node v.7.10.0 compiled on Windows 10 with VS2017 Community Edition (seems to use VS2015 toolkit) under MSYS2, MINGW64, and Cygwin bash shells.

Problematic for writing shell scripts that include an npm init interactive step (at the moment I just make them non-interactive, since otherwise CTRL+C will exit the enclosing script).

stiofand · 2017-05-06T08:14:11Z

I can confirm this error on git-bash too. However, I also use embedded git bash in IntelliJ idea for my projects, and it doesn't hang there which is strange, since its still only calling the same executable. No issues on Powershell, Windows Bash (beta) or Command Line.

JustinMorgan · 2017-05-30T15:36:44Z

I have the same experience as @stevematdavies, except I'm using embedded git bash in Visual Studio Code (Insiders, which is the unstable/edge branch of VSC). The standalone git bash hangs, the embedded version doesn't, but they're both running bash.exe from the same file. Running bash --version in either console gives the same output:

GNU bash, version 4.4.12(1)-release (x86_64-pc-msys)

legodude17 · 2017-06-02T21:53:33Z

I think it might be something to do with the terminal, not the command line. Git bash might doing something odd.

youssef-from-udacity · 2017-06-11T17:55:28Z

i think you can just type c + ctrl then back to normal

npm-robot · 2017-06-16T22:32:25Z

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babul101 · 2017-07-27T06:10:59Z

npm init -y totally worked.
It helped me to create package.json file without getting into the loop

legodude17 mentioned this issue Nov 9, 2016

Check if final read errors npm/init-package-json#68

Closed

legodude17 mentioned this issue Nov 18, 2016

npm installing without end (infinitely) #7318

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npm init - how to confirm the "Is this ok?" question #14257

npm init - how to confirm the "Is this ok?" question #14257

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