Fatal Bad Object Error on npm install

Question

I am doing a npm install and getting the following error :

npm ERR! git rev-list -n1 8d27c06c2903538cd740a80edeae548922d057a5: fatal: bad object 8d27c06c2903538cd740a80edeae548922d057a5
npm ERR! git rev-list -n1 8d27c06c2903538cd740a80edeae548922d057a5:
npm ERR! git rev-list -n1 e92ca1c26c338ab641e70089cf8f57c140f39207: fatal: bad object e92ca1c26c338ab641e70089cf8f57c140f39207
npm ERR! git rev-list -n1 e92ca1c26c338ab641e70089cf8f57c140f39207:
npm ERR! git rev-list -n1 d90b1e34c799bf61cd1aafdc33db0a554fa9e617: fatal: bad object d90b1e34c799bf61cd1aafdc33db0a554fa9e617
npm ERR! git rev-list -n1 d90b1e34c799bf61cd1aafdc33db0a554fa9e617:
npm ERR! git rev-list -n1 f7f5bd678b80ec90c8d5c38c106f27466701fb2b: fatal: bad object f7f5bd678b80ec90c8d5c38c106f27466701fb2b
npm ERR! git rev-list -n1 f7f5bd678b80ec90c8d5c38c106f27466701fb2b:
npm ERR! git rev-list -n1 b7125954deccc8d802444effc02253b8729964a1: fatal: bad object b7125954deccc8d802444effc02253b8729964a1
npm ERR! git rev-list -n1 b7125954deccc8d802444effc02253b8729964a1:
npm ERR! git rev-list -n1 db701e170ba4cb11af3bac09411296cdb0e8215a: fatal: bad object db701e170ba4cb11af3bac09411296cdb0e8215a
npm ERR! git rev-list -n1 db701e170ba4cb11af3bac09411296cdb0e8215a:
npm ERR! git rev-list -n1 997ea0caad31d523b95cf64d03e28608561a36a6: fatal: bad object 997ea0caad31d523b95cf64d03e28608561a36a6
npm ERR! git rev-list -n1 997ea0caad31d523b95cf64d03e28608561a36a6:
npm ERR! git rev-list -n1 ea5466317ab75de6f46b0b39bae7a29c2aa18d68: fatal: bad object ea5466317ab75de6f46b0b39bae7a29c2aa18d68
npm ERR! git rev-list -n1 ea5466317ab75de6f46b0b39bae7a29c2aa18d68:
npm ERR! git rev-list -n1 2bebf3223b7b9ab00a18e294a52bcfffbbe066b7: fatal: bad object 2bebf3223b7b9ab00a18e294a52bcfffbbe066b7
npm ERR! git rev-list -n1 2bebf3223b7b9ab00a18e294a52bcfffbbe066b7:
npm ERR! git rev-list -n1 2dac046de6abc4c4f16ac25133c38cfe49a7368d: fatal: bad object 2dac046de6abc4c4f16ac25133c38cfe49a7368d
npm ERR! git rev-list -n1 2dac046de6abc4c4f16ac25133c38cfe49a7368d:
npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.1.7601
npm ERR! argv "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node.exe" "C:\\Program Files\\nodejs\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "install"
npm ERR! node v5.6.0
npm ERR! npm  v3.6.0
npm ERR! code 128

npm ERR! Command failed: git -c core.longpaths=true rev-list -n1 8d27c06c2903538cd740a80edeae548922d057a5
npm ERR! fatal: bad object 8d27c06c2903538cd740a80edeae548922d057a5
npm ERR!
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
npm ERR!     <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

I googled the issue added the longPath true to the git config file and it looks like this

[credential]
    helper = manager

[remote "origin"]
    url = git@github.com:xxxx/xxxx-xx

[core]
    longpaths = true

My Package.json is

{
  "name": "xxxx-xx",
  "version": "0.0.1",
  "main": "app.js",
  "browserify": {
    "transform": [
      "html2js-browserify"
    ]
  },
  "scripts": {
    "postinstall": "gulp hook"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "angular": "1.3.15",
    "angular-animate": "1.3.15",
    "angular-aria": "1.3.15",
    "angular-cookies": "1.3.15",
    "angular-dynamic-locale": "git+ssh://github.com/xxxx/angular-dynamic-locale",
    "angular-file-upload": "git+ssh://git@github.com/xxxx/angular-file-upload.git#v1.1.5",
    "angular-growl-v2": "git+ssh://git@github.com/xxxxx/angular-growl-2.git#0.7.4",
    "angular-i18n": "1.3.15",
    "angular-messages": "1.3.15",
    "angular-sanitize": "1.3.15",
    "angular-touch": "1.3.15",
    "angular-translate": "2.7.0",
    "angular-ui-bootstrap": "0.14.3",
    "angular-ui-router": "0.2.15",
    "backstopjs": "^1.2.1",
    "d3": "3.5.6",
    "d3.chart": "git+ssh://git@github.com/xxx/xxx-d3.chart.git",
    "gulp": "^3.9.0",
    "html-minifier": "^3.0.2",
    "html2js-browserify": "0.0.2",
    "intro.js": "git+ssh://git@github.com/xxxx/intro.js.git#v1.0.0",
    "lodash": "3.10.1",
    "moment": "^2.11.1",
    "moment-timezone": "^0.5.0",
    "ng-storage": "0.3.1",
    "ng-file-upload": "12.2.12",
    "omniture": "git+ssh://git@github.com/xxxx/xxxx-omniture.git",
    "ui-select": "git+ssh://git@github.com/xxxx/xxxx-ui-select.git"
  },
  "optionalDependencies": [
    "utf-8-validate",
    "bufferutil",
    "fsevents"
  ]
}

What I found by my research is,

This errors can happen due to long path in the file since the windows does not support the file name with too long paths. So as I early mentioned I added the long path to true in git config File
This error can also happen if the commit is corrupted or the git does not point to proper commit. For this i added #master to the end of all repositories and rerun the npm install. But nothing of these worked for me.

Am I missing something here. Thanks in advance.

Did you remove the `node_modules` folder before trying `npm install` again? — J. Titus, Jan 30 '17 at 14:03
@J.Titus: There was nothing inside the node modules. But I deleted and tried it once again still the issue exists — Krishna, Jan 31 '17 at 05:09

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 15 '19 at 23:56

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I have run into this issue a couple of times and it seems to stem from a bad or corrupted npm-shrinkwrap.json file. Rename or remove that file and try running npm install again.

answered Jan 15 '19 at 23:56

A.Clifford

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 30 '17 at 17:07

I was struggling with this as well. I tried everything I could think of including updating node and npm, try to set longpath = true (it was already set) in my gitconfig file.

I was finally able to fix this by updating git. I was on 2.8.2 and I updated it to 2.13.0 and everything started working again. My guess is there was a bug that was fixed in the later version.

Fatal Bad Object Error on npm install

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