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+var common = require("../common-tap.js")
+var test = require("tap").test
+var osenv = require("osenv")
+var path = require("path")
+var mkdirp = require("mkdirp")
+var rimraf = require("rimraf")
+
+var pkg = path.resolve(__dirname, "version-no-package")
+
+test("setup", function (t) {
+ setup()
+ t.end()
+})
+
+test("npm version in a prefix with no package.json", function(t) {
+ setup()
+ common.npm(
+ ["version", "--json", "--prefix", pkg],
+ { cwd : pkg },
+ function (er, code, stdout, stderr) {
+ t.ifError(er, "npm version doesn't care that there's no package.json")
+ t.notOk(code, "npm version ran without barfing")
+ t.ok(stdout, "got version output")
+ t.notOk(stderr, "no error output")
+ t.doesNotThrow(function () {
+ var metadata = JSON.parse(stdout)
+ t.equal(metadata.node, process.versions.node, "node versions match")
+
+ }, "able to reconstitute version object from stdout")
+ t.end()
+ }
+ )
+})
+
+test("cleanup", function(t) {
+ process.chdir(osenv.tmpdir())
+
+ rimraf.sync(pkg)
+ t.end()
+})
+
+function setup() {
+ mkdirp.sync(pkg)
+ process.chdir(pkg)
+}