Close #1518 don't allow npm view .

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/lib/utils/config-defs.js b/lib/utils/config-defs.js
index 0389eaf1b..2824080e0 100644
--- a/lib/utils/config-defs.js
+++ b/lib/utils/config-defs.js
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ if (!stableFamily || (+stableFamily[2] % 2)) stableFamily = null
 else stableFamily = stableFamily[1] + "." + stableFamily[2]
 
 var httpsOk = semver.satisfies(process.version, ">=0.4.9")
+var winColor = semver.satisfies(process.version, ">=0.5.9")
 
 var defaults
 
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ Object.defineProperty(exports, "defaults", {get: function () {
     , cache : path.resolve( home || temp
                           , process.platform === "win32"
                             ? "npm-cache" : ".npm")
-    , color : process.platform !== "win32"
+    , color : process.platform !== "win32" || winColor
     , depth: Infinity
     , description : true
     , dev : false
diff --git a/lib/view.js b/lib/view.js
index ea39b3e32..266996306 100644
--- a/lib/view.js
+++ b/lib/view.js
@@ -55,6 +55,9 @@ function view (args, silent, cb) {
     , nv = pkg.split("@")
     , name = nv.shift()
     , version = nv.join("@") || npm.config.get("tag")
+
+  if (name === ".") return cb(view.usage)
+
   // get the data about this package
   registry.get(name, null, 600, function (er, data) {
     if (er) return cb(er)