Is it possbile to specify a remote git repo as dub dependency?

[biocyberman via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Monday, 19 December 2016 at 16:23:45 UTC, Guillaume Piolat 
wrote:

>
> What you can do for private package as of today is:
>
> - use path-based dependencies and put your packages in the same 
> repo
> - use git submodules and path-based dub dependencies together
>
> If it's a public package, you can register yourself on the DUB 
> repositery.

Regarding path-based dependencies, how can I use a C or 
non-dub-backing project as a dependency? I defined in dub.json 
like this:

"importPaths": ["non-dub-pkg"],
"dependencies": {
"non-dub-pkg": {"versions": "~master", "path": "./non-dub-pkg"}
}

And I got an error saying something like "dub could not find 
dub.json or pakage.json in 'non-dub-pkg' directory". That's true 
because it is a Makefile project.


@Eugene Wissner: I think a good official central registry is more 
reliable for production use. I don't know that js has ten 
registries. But if that is true, it is the lack of performance of 
the first official registry maintainer. Have one, do well, and 
recruit more talents. That will benefits people more than 
scattering resources to reinvent the wheel. Nonetheless, I agree 
that the support for ad-hoc dependencies is a good idea for 
development.