npm_lazy error when a module hosted in a private github repo is referenced in package.json

[makered]

Recently I noticed the following behavior:

1: After adding a module hosted in a private Github repo to package.json as:

"mymodule": "mygithubaccount/mymodule#master"

and attempting to npm install, npm_lazy returns:

npm ERR! TypeError: Cannot call method 'match' of undefined
npm ERR! at RegClient. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-registry-client/lib/request.js:119:29)
npm ERR! at cb (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-registry-client/lib/request.js:158:9)
npm ERR! at RegClient. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/npm-registry-client/lib/request.js:252:14)
npm ERR! at Request.self.callback (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/request.js:123:22)
npm ERR! at Request.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:98:17)
npm ERR! at Request. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/request.js:877:14)
npm ERR! at Request.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:117:20)
npm ERR! at IncomingMessage. (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/node_modules/request/request.js:828:12)
npm ERR! at IncomingMessage.EventEmitter.emit (events.js:117:20)
npm ERR! at _stream_readable.js:920:16

2: However, if I change the module reference in package.json to be:

"mymodule":"git+ssh://[email protected]:mygithubaccount/mymodule#master"

then npm install via npm_lazy completes with no errors

3: npm install completes successfully for both of the above cases when npm_lazy is not used

Not sure if npm_lazy requires a fully qualified reference (eg. git+ssh...) by design or if this can be considered a bug. Either way not a big deal just thought I would share.

Thanks