I recently needed to add internationalization (i18n) functionality to an existing GitHub repository. I made the changes and put in a pull request. That pull request has not been processed yet. In the mean time I wanted to use my updated version. After some googling around I found out it is possible to manage modules directly from GitHub (git) with npm.

Such a cool feature. It means I can use my updated version until the main repository is updated. It is really easy, just change the line in the package.json file if you already have the module imported.

  ...
  "dependencies": {
    "@babel/polyfill": "^7.0.0-rc.1",
    "@feathersjs/feathers": "^3.2.3",
    "@feathersjs/rest-client": "^1.4.5",
    "axios": "^0.18.0",
    "vue": "^2.5.17",
    "vue-analytics": "^5.16.0",
    "vue-i18n": "^8.2.1",
    "vue-meta": "^1.5.5",
    "vue-recaptcha": "^1.1.1",
    "vue-router": "^3.0.1",
    "vue2-flip-countdown": "https://github.com/nidkil/vue2-flip-countdown",
    "vuelidate": "^0.7.4",
    "vuetify": "^1.3.1"
  },
  ...

And then run npm install command. The module will be replaced with the git version.

If you have not installed the module yet just execute the following command.

npm install --save <module name> <git repo> 

Example:

npm install --save vue2-flip-countdown https://github.com/nidkil/vue2-flip-countdown

Is this cool or what?