Add local project dependency for npm install

Question

What is the proper syntax to add local project dependency in npm package.json file?

I have git project locally in C:\projects\MyApp

I want to get this project with npm install. I tried following

"dependencies": {
  .....
  "my-app": "file://../projects/MyApp/MyApp.git"
  .....
 }

but getting error

Could not install ....

Any suggestion?

there is a typo in the question above: 'dependencioes'

mit
– mit

2018-06-12 14:15:30 +00:00
Commented Jun 12, 2018 at 14:15 — mit
– mit, Commented Jun 12, 2018 at 14:15
corrected the typo

αƞjiβ
– αƞjiβ

2018-06-13 18:05:58 +00:00
Commented Jun 13, 2018 at 18:05 — αƞjiβ
– αƞjiβ, Commented Jun 13, 2018 at 18:05

αƞjiβ · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-19 23:47:55Z

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Finally got it working

"my-app": "../projects/MyApp"

Its' simple until you know.

answered Nov 19, 2015 at 23:47

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Rūdolfs Vikmanis · Accepted Answer · 2015-11-19 23:54:34Z

Local dependency has to be a directory on your filesystem.

Alternately there is npm-link.

Excerpt from the docs:

Package linking is a two-step process.

First, npm link in a package folder will create a globally-installed symbolic link from prefix/package-name to the current folder (see npm-config for the value of prefix).

Next, in some other location, npm link package-name will create a symlink from the local node_modules folder to the global symlink.

Example:
cd ~/projects/node-redis    # go into the package directory
npm link                    # creates global link
cd ~/projects/node-bloggy   # go into some other package directory.
npm link redis              # link-install the package

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:48:29Z

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File is the wrong protocol. You can use git+ssh or git+https. Here can you find more information about your question: https://stackoverflow.com/a/10391718/5111420

and I see a typo: dependencioes -> dependencies

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:48

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Silerra Over a year ago

ahh, I have your question misunderstood, because I did not have the one sentence in focus: "I have git project locally in C:\projects\MyApp"

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