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> It also doesn’t understand how to get packages from a git source.

Not sure what you mean.

He's talking about npm

You have been able to do that for a few years now, e.g.: `npm i https://github.com/user_name/node_project_name`

...or with `npm i git+ssh:...`, and npm will git clone it locally, as long as it has a `package.json`

You can install a certain commit, or even from a Gist!