Discussion on: Create Your First Github Package

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Hey Dale,

Thanks so much for this tutorial! It's certainly got me the closest to publishing and installing a private package.

However, when I try this, my package – and your package – is installed unscoped.

It installs under node_modules/typescript-package-starter not node_modules/@dalenguyen/typescript-package-starter and you need to descope the require as well:

const starter = require('typescript-package-starter')
console.log(starter.helloWorld())

This is the same experience I have had with my own package.

When add the @org-name/ in the package.json name as per normal NPM packages...

{
  "name": "@dalenguyen/typescript-package-starter",
  ...
}

...the install command under GitHub packages ends up including the scope twice, so for your package would be:

npm install @dalenguyen/@dalenguyen/typescript-package-starter@1.0.0

I guess in theory the de-scoping I am experiencing should not be a problem – because the code works – but it's strange considering it could potentially clash with an unscoped package of the same name.

Any ideas?

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