In my current project, I use yarn for managing JavaScript packages. A few days ago, I needed to add a very specific version of a package from the GitHub repository. To keep it in mind, how to add a package from GitHub repository using yarn, I prepared this short note. I hope you will find it useful.
To add yarn package from GitHub, you need to use this command:
yarn add <GitHub user name>/<GitHub repository name>
If you are interested in a specific branch or commit, you need to run the command:
yarn add <GitHub user name>/<GitHub repository name>#<branch/commit/tag>
And if you need very specific version of the package, you will use:
yarn add <package name>@<package version> --exact