{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/9760","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/9760/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/9760/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/9760/events","html_url":"https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/9760","id":108409883,"number":9760,"title":"npm owner rm xyz lodash.startcase error","user":{"login":"jdalton","id":4303,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4303?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdalton","html_url":"https://github.com/jdalton","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdalton/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdalton/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdalton/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdalton/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdalton/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdalton/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdalton/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdalton/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdalton/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":{"login":"soldair","id":119903,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/119903?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/soldair","html_url":"https://github.com/soldair","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/soldair/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/soldair/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/soldair/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/soldair/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/soldair/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/soldair/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/soldair/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/soldair/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/soldair/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"milestone":null,"comments":8,"created_at":"2015-09-25T21:19:52Z","updated_at":"2016-02-13T00:06:01Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I was doing maintenance on package owners and ran into an issue with the `lodash.startcase` package.\r\n\r\n```bash\r\nnpm owner rm kitcambridge lodash.startcase\r\nnpm ERR! owner mutate Failed to update package metadata\r\nnpm ERR! Darwin 14.5.0\r\nnpm ERR! argv \"/usr/local/bin/node\" \"/usr/local/bin/npm\" \"owner\" \"rm\" \"kitcambridge\" \"lodash.startcase\"\r\nnpm ERR! node v4.1.0\r\nnpm ERR! npm  v2.14.5\r\nnpm ERR! code E500\r\n\r\nnpm ERR! \"name and _id should match\" : lodash.startcase\r\n```"},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/comments/183537161","html_url":"https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/9760#issuecomment-183537161","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/npm/npm/issues/9760","id":183537161,"user":{"login":"jdalton","id":4303,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/4303?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdalton","html_url":"https://github.com/jdalton","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdalton/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdalton/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdalton/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdalton/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdalton/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdalton/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdalton/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdalton/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jdalton/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-02-13T00:06:01Z","updated_at":"2016-02-13T00:06:01Z","body":"> so you can cd to a module with package.json name value of \"lodash.startcase\"\r\n, then run npm owner rm username and as long as the username does not also contain star it will work lol\r\n\r\nThat's only needed until Monday though, correct?"}}