Also treat "." as a local pathname

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/install.js b/lib/install.js
index 53b0b1f11..b79becc02 100644
--- a/lib/install.js
+++ b/lib/install.js
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ function registryInstall (pkglist, cb) {
     }
 
     // it's a local thing or a url if it has a / in it.
-    if (pkg.indexOf("/") !== -1) return cache.add(pkg, Continue)
+    if (pkg.indexOf("/") !== -1 || pkg === ".") {
+      log(pkg, "install local")
+      return cache.add(pkg, Continue)
+    }
 
     // now we know it's not a URL or file,
     // so handle it like a tag, version, or range.
@@ -119,6 +122,7 @@ function registryInstall (pkglist, cb) {
       return registry.get(name, function (er, data) {
         if (!er && !data) er = new Error("not found in registry: "+name)
         if (er) return cb(er)
+        if (!data._id) data._id = name
         npm.set(data)
         seen[pkg] = false
         return F(pkg)