Use Atom's Package Generator to generate a package with the same name as one that already exists that is not yours
Use Git to create a repository and push it to GitHub
Use the apm publish command to attempt to publish the new package
Expected: An error message stating that you do not have rights to publish to that package
Actual: Some other error message with a correct, but unhelpful text (see attached forum thread for more details)
See: https://discuss.atom.io/t/package-name-collisions/11568
Repro Steps
apm publish
command to attempt to publish the new packageExpected: An error message stating that you do not have rights to publish to that package Actual: Some other error message with a correct, but unhelpful text (see attached forum thread for more details)