Can't require nodegit without building it explicitly

[rbelouin]

Hi,

After having run npm install --save https://github.com/nodegit/nodegit/archive/master.tar.gz, I can't require nodegit correctly. I get the following npm error:

module.js:340
    throw err;
          ^
Error: Cannot find module 'nodegit'
    at Function.Module._resolveFilename (module.js:338:15)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:280:25)
    at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
    at require (module.js:380:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (/Users/rbelouin/work/clever-cloud/clever-tools/src/app.js:4:15)
    at Module._compile (module.js:456:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:364:17)

It seems that lib/nodegit.js is the main file of the nodegit package, but it does not exist. I have to run a manual BUILD_ONLY=true node install.js to create that file. But it's annoying.

Am I doing something wrong?

[johnhaley81]

Is there a specific reason why you're doing master instead of the latest npm release? I.e. npm install nodegit --save

Also, we do support questions on our gitter. I'm going to close this issue and we can do realtime support over there.