Allow versioning for github repos as dependencies

[matthewmueller]

This would be a really nice feature to have:

"dependencies": {
  "set": "component/[email protected]"
}

or perhaps:

"dependencies": {
  "set": "component/set#1.0.0"
}

[edef1c]

Semver for tags would be pretty awesome and certainly doable. I think we should support # for straight tags and @ for semver with tags (v1.2.3 style tags, like npm does)

[edef1c]

I've added support for # on GitHub deps (115d67d). I'll see if we can implement semver.

[matthewmueller]

awesome man, thanks!

[defunctzombie]

See this post about git dependencies:
http://shtylman.com/post/npm-git-with-the-program/

You can already specify specific versions if you push the tags to git.

[edef1c]

Yes, this already worked for straight git deps. This is about component-style "user/repo" deps.

[defunctzombie]

@nathan7 It works for those as well.

[edef1c]

Whoops. My (and @matthewmueller's) bad.

[domenic]

So to clarify, we have exact version support, but still want semver support.

[defunctzombie]

@domenic I personally think exact versons are the way to go for various reasons (which I have outlined before).

[edef1c]

Okay, with the current git approach this should be no issue. I have to figure out if I can make it work for GitHub archives too.

[domenic]

So @isaacs decided against the remaining part of this feature in #3328. Closing.

[defunctzombie]

The last part being the @? Cause the # one is supported if you have a tag.
On May 15, 2013 11:01 AM, "Domenic Denicola" [email protected]
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So @isaacs https://github.com/isaacs decided against the remaining part
of this feature in #3328 https://github.com/isaacs/npm/issues/3328.
Closing.

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[domenic]

@shtylman the last part being

So to clarify, we have exact version support, but still want semver support.

[defunctzombie]

Meh. You know how I feel about semver in deps :p
On May 15, 2013 5:05 PM, "Domenic Denicola" [email protected]
wrote:

@shtylman https://github.com/shtylman the last part being

So to clarify, we have exact version support, but still want semver
support.

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[luk-]

yesssss