{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/5273","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/5273/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/5273/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/5273/events","html_url":"https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/5273","id":33482516,"number":5273,"title":"Install fails to unpack tarball","user":{"login":"wheresrhys","id":447559,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/447559?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/wheresrhys","html_url":"https://github.com/wheresrhys","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wheresrhys/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wheresrhys/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wheresrhys/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wheresrhys/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wheresrhys/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wheresrhys/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wheresrhys/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wheresrhys/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/wheresrhys/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/labels/support","name":"support","color":"FF91AF"}],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":10,"created_at":"2014-05-14T11:13:30Z","updated_at":"2015-07-29T22:19:34Z","closed_at":"2015-02-20T21:39:10Z","body":"The situation is I'm using npm to install a branch of a repo. The repo is on stash, which uses crazy long urls for its branch/tag/ref tarballs, so I don't think the `git+http` protocol will work and I'm forced to use a tarball url. When manually retrieved this tarball has the expected content. Installing using `npm install responsive-ft-grunt={the url}` in the cli doesn't work either\r\n\r\n[files & debug info](https://gist.github.com/wheresrhys/35b6a66b29c00faa0a77)"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/comments/126112970","html_url":"https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/5273#issuecomment-126112970","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/5273","id":126112970,"user":{"login":"jcollum","id":704514,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/704514?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jcollum","html_url":"https://github.com/jcollum","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jcollum/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jcollum/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jcollum/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jcollum/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jcollum/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jcollum/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jcollum/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jcollum/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jcollum/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-07-29T22:19:34Z","updated_at":"2015-07-29T22:19:34Z","body":"I'll put in a new issue and reference this one. "}}