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Failed to resolve packages

Discussion in 'Package Manager' started by Hyp-X, Dec 11, 2018.

  1. Hyp-X

    Hyp-X

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    Code (CSharp):
    1. Failed to resolve packages: The file [E:\Work\<project-name>\Packages\manifest.json] is not valid JSON:
    2.   Unexpected token '' at 1:1
    3.   {
    4.   ^. No packages loaded.
    Happens every time after merging the .json file with p4merge.
    Caused by p4merge inserting a BOM at the start of the file (not shown in the error message).

    Please use a parser that doesn't choke on BOM.
    (Tested with latest versions of 2018.2, 2018.3, 2019.1)
     
    Hyp-X, Dec 11, 2018
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  2. okcompute_unity

    okcompute_unity

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    Hi @Hyp-X,

    I've done a quick scan on the internet and it seems BOM issues are common with p4merge. Can you check your p4merge or perforce configuration? As what it worth, this Stack Overflow answer makes me believe it will be hard to find a JSON parser that supports BOM character since this is not required by the spec: https://stackoverflow.com/a/38038099/449712

    Regards,

    Pascal
     
    Last edited: Dec 11, 2018
    okcompute_unity, Dec 11, 2018
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  3. Hyp-X

    Hyp-X

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    Hyp-X, Dec 11, 2018
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