Unable to npm install with git dependency vtt.js

[silverwind]

I'm unable to install video.js's dependencies with the latest update that pulls in the git dependency of vtt.js. The issue seems to be something about git itself, which is at the latest version provided by Cygwin. Same installation works fine on OS X. Here's the error:

npm ERR! Command failed: git -c core.longpaths=true clone C:\Users\silverwind\AppData\Roaming\npm-cache\_git-remotes\https-gith
ub-com-gkatsev-vtt-js-git-9a867bb9 C:\Users\SILVER~1\AppData\Local\Temp\npm-3612-ea415d7b\git-cache-aa2cb630bc7b\3ba274b332de18
7f7269f277733021be3dd1f5bd

And my versions:

$ npm -v
2.5.1
$ git --version
git version 2.1.4

Would it maybe be possible to publish vtt.js to npm to work around this, maybe under a dist-tag?

[heff]

I don't totally understand the error that's happening there, but why might publishing to npm fix this? @gkatsev any insight?

[silverwind]

@heff because npm dependencies are just tarball downloads, no git involved.

[heff]

Ah, that makes sense. I think we might just be waiting on mozilla/vtt.js#338 to be merged in before we can point directly at that project. @gkatsev will have a better idea of where that's at, and if it's worth publishing his own branch.

[silverwind]

You could also depend on a tarball link from GitHub like this:

  "dependencies": {
    "videojs-swf": "4.5.3",
    "vtt.js": "https://github.com/gkatsev/vtt.js/tarball/3ba274b332de187f7269f277733021be3dd1f5bd"
  }

[mmcc]

Closing this based on the result of #1911

[gkatsev]

Fixed by #2905

[silverwind]

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