Repo installs fail

[jayvdb]

It can be quite helpful to do repo installs

$ npm -g i '8eecf0d2/netlify-local'
npm WARN optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.4 (node_modules/netlify-local/node_modules/fsevents):
npm WARN notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.4: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})

npm ERR! path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/netlify-local/.dist/cli.js
npm ERR! code ENOENT
npm ERR! errno -2
npm ERR! syscall chmod
npm ERR! enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, chmod '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/netlify-local/.dist/cli.js'
npm ERR! enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
npm ERR! enoent

npm ERR! A complete log of this run can be found in:
npm ERR!     /root/.npm/_logs/2018-12-12T13_20_46_337Z-debug.log

Tail of the debug log

10944 info linkStuff webpack@4.27.1
10945 silly linkStuff webpack@4.27.1 has /usr/local/lib/node_modules/netlify-local/node_modules as its parent node_modules
10946 silly linkStuff webpack@4.27.1 is part of a global install
10947 silly linkStuff webpack@4.27.1 is installed into a global node_modules
10948 verbose linkBins [ { webpack: './bin/webpack.js' },
10948 verbose linkBins   '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/netlify-local/node_modules/.bin',
10948 verbose linkBins   false ]
10949 silly build netlify-local@1.6.0
10950 info linkStuff netlify-local@1.6.0
10951 silly linkStuff netlify-local@1.6.0 has /usr/local/lib/node_modules as its parent node_modules
10952 silly linkStuff netlify-local@1.6.0 is part of a global install
10953 silly linkStuff netlify-local@1.6.0 is installed into a global node_modules
10954 silly linkStuff netlify-local@1.6.0 is installed into the top-level global node_modules
10955 verbose linkBins [ { 'netlify-local': '.dist/cli.js' }, '/usr/local/bin', true ]
10956 timing action:build Completed in 126ms
10957 verbose unlock done using /root/.npm/_locks/staging-3a08f0df5026584d.lock for /usr/local/lib/node_modules/.staging
10958 timing stage:rollbackFailedOptional Completed in 652ms
10959 timing stage:runTopLevelLifecycles Completed in 46801ms
10960 warn optional SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: fsevents@1.2.4 (node_modules/netlify-local/node_modules/fsevents):
10961 warn notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Unsupported platform for fsevents@1.2.4: wanted {"os":"darwin","arch":"any"} (current: {"os":"linux","arch":"x64"})
10962 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Valid OS:    darwin
10962 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Valid Arch:  any
10962 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Actual OS:   linux
10962 verbose notsup SKIPPING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: Actual Arch: x64
10963 verbose stack Error: ENOENT: no such file or directory, chmod '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/netlify-local/.dist/cli.js'
10964 verbose cwd /root
10965 verbose Linux 4.19.7-1-default
10966 verbose argv "/usr/bin/node10" "/usr/bin/npm-default" "-g" "i" "8eecf0d2/netlify-local"
10967 verbose node v10.13.0
10968 verbose npm  v6.4.1
10969 error path /usr/local/lib/node_modules/netlify-local/.dist/cli.js
10970 error code ENOENT
10971 error errno -2
10972 error syscall chmod
10973 error enoent ENOENT: no such file or directory, chmod '/usr/local/lib/node_modules/netlify-local/.dist/cli.js'
10974 error enoent This is related to npm not being able to find a file.
10975 verbose exit [ -2, true ]

[8eecf0d2]

My main reason for not committing build output is I don't see git not as a distribution target for this project (although I have used git for distribution in the past.)

If you have a real use case I'd be open to changing my mind but otherwise prefer to keep ignoring build output.

[jayvdb]

It is usually possible to support repo installs without pushing build artifacts, using post-install steps. I've only done it a few times, so I cant be certain it will work here. I'm happy to give it a go.