Install errors if a dep to a private repo is updated manually

[rally25rs]

Do you want to request a feature or report a bug?

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What is the current behavior?

yarn install causes an error after manually updating package.json to a new tag of a dependency:

$ yarn install
yarn install v0.27.5
[1/4] Resolving packages...
[2/4] Fetching packages...
error Couldn't find a package.json file in {"hostname":"github.com","protocol":"ssh:","repository":"ssh://git@github.com/my-company/my-project"}
info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/install for documentation about this command.

The same repo with latest Yarn master code produces a different output:

$: ~/Projects/yarn/bin/yarn install
yarn install v1.0.0
[1/5] 🔍  Validating package.json...
[2/5] 🔍  Resolving packages...
[3/5] 🚚  Fetching packages...
error Command failed.
Exit code: 128
Command: git
Arguments: archive ba95cc498558d17347a3ced52db22a9820b8e7a8
Directory: /Users/jvalore/Library/Caches/Yarn/v1/.tmp/636b08979e2a5e150506b13737ceb50b
Output:

info Visit https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/cli/install for documentation about this command.

If the current behavior is a bug, please provide the steps to reproduce.

I have a devDependency on a private github repo that references a tag:

"devDependencies": {
    "my-project": "git+ssh://git@github.com/my-company/my-project#v1.1.0",

I pushed a new commit and tag to the project, so manually updated my package.json to

"devDependencies": {
    "my-project": "git+ssh://git@github.com/my-company/my-project#v1.2.0",

then ran yarn install which causes the above errors.

Workaround

yarn cache clean && yarn install
fixes the issue and installs everything correctly, so I suspect the cached previous version of the package must be messing things up.

What is the expected behavior?

Install the my-project dependency at the commit associated with the tag.

Please mention your node.js, yarn and operating system version.

Node 8.3.0
Yarn 0.27.5 (and master branch)
OSX Sierra

[ChrisRast]

Same here, yarn upgrade or yarn install after adding a new repo outputs the same issue.

Node 8.5 (but happens also on a node 6 env)
Yarn 1.0.2
OSX Sierra

[sergiop]

Same error here after upgrading yarn from 0.23.4 to 1.2.1 and Node. No way to solve cleaning yarn cache.

"devDependencies": {
  "my-project": "git+ssh://git@github.mycompany.com/my-company/repository-name#hash",

Note: I'm using a self hosted version of Github Enterpise, note the url: github.mycompany.com

I solved moving to https.

"devDependencies": {
  "my-project": "https://github.mycompany.com/my-company/repository-name#hash",

Node v8.7.0
Yarn v1.2.1
OSX 10.12.6 Sierra

[nighca]

Still got this error with Yarn v1.5.1. (I updated portal-base in package.json file from git+ssh://git@github.com/qbox/portal-base.git#v0.3.0 to git+ssh://git@github.com/qbox/portal-base.git#v0.4.0, and then runs yarn)

Here is the yarn-error.log file.