How to import a forked npm package of Github in Laravel Mix? - laravel

Question

In package.json, I have:
"vue-search-select": "github:my-github-account/vue-search-select"
And then run npm install, no error.
In app.js, I try to import the forked package:
import { ModelSelect } from 'vue-search-select';
When I run npm run watch, got the below message:
Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'vue-search-select'
UPDATE:
I compared the original version and forked version in node_modules: Original contains dist folder but forked version don't have. In github, the original one also don't have this folder. And dist is included in .gitignore.

Answer 1

I understand that, for package.json GitHub URL, As of version 1.1.65, you can refer to GitHub URLs as just foo:user/foo-project, as seen here.
But I would still recommend a more complete URL instead:
git+ssh://user#hostname:project.git#commit-ish
git+ssh://user#hostname/project.git#commit-ish
git+http://user#hostname/project/blah.git#commit-ish
git+https://user#hostname/project/blah.git#commit-ish
That way, you control the scheme (HTTPS or SSH) and can check which credentials (cached username/password for HTTPS or private key for SSH) is used.
The OP Wilson comments in the discussion that adding dist/ to the repo could be an option, as in here.
A prepare script can be declared in the package.json, such as this one.
"scripts": {
"build": "tsc",
"prepare": "npm run build"
},
As noted in Wilson's answer
the important thing is that the prepare script is added in forked package, not in the project that using the package.

Answer 2

Finally, I found a solution:
Add "prepare": "npm run lib:build" (or something else depends on the package how to build, can check it in package.json) to scripts of package.json to the forked package. And push to github.
Then, in the project that using the forked package, just keep "package-name": "github:my-github-account/package-name" in package.json and run npm install again. No other changes.