check4updates

Check and update package dependencies.

Yet another dependency checker / updater...

This one supports:

• public / private npm repository
• local tgz packages
• tagged git versions on github/ gitlab/ bitbucket (e.g. uWebSockets.js)
• ignore updates using c4uIgnore in package.json

For other similar tools see:

• npm outdated
• npm-check
• npm-check-updates

install

npm install --global check4updates

ignore updates in package.json

add a c4uIgnore field in the package.json file, like:

{ ...
  "c4uIgnore": {
    "<package-name>": "<allowed-range>[ // optional comment]"
  }
}

e.g.

{
  "name": "my-package",
  "dependecies": {
    "chalk": "^4.0.0"
  },
  "c4uIgnore": {
    "chalk": "^4 // do not upgrade; ^5 is ESM only support"
  }
}

cli

c4u [options] [package ...]

  --help|-h|-?          this help
  --version             show version
  --quiet|-q            quiet mode; no console.log
  --update|-u           update package.json
  --exclude|-x          exclude packages
  --filter|-f <regex>   filter packages by regular expression
  --Filter|-F <regex>   inverse filter packages by regular expression
  --dir|-d <dirname>    use different dirname instead of cwd
  --max                 update by max version
  --latest              update by latest version (default)
  --major               update by major version
  --minor               update by minor version
  --patch               update by patch version
  --prod                only dependencies
  --dev                 only devDependencies
  --peer                only peerDependencies
  --info                print package name & version (handy for monorepos)

  package               package name to include/ exclude

examples:

  c4u
                        show packages to update by max possible version
  c4u -u debug npm
                        update package "debug" and "npm"
  c4u -u -x debug semver
                        update all packages excluding "debug" and "semver"
  c4u --minor --dev
                        show minor version updates in devDependencies

supported URLs in dependencies:

  git+ssh://[email protected]:npm/cli#semver:^5.0
  git+https://[email protected]/npm/cli.git#semver:^5.0
  git+ssh://[email protected]:npm/cli.git#semver:1.0.27
  git://github.com/npm/cli.git#semver:~1.0.27
  github:npm/cli#semver:~1.0.27
  https://github.com/npm/cli/archive/v1.0.27.tar.gz

  file:test/my-debug-1.0.0.tgz

ignore updates in package.json:

  { ...
    "c4uIgnore": {
      "<package-name>": "<allowed-range>[ // optional comment]"
    }
  }

api

See src/check.js for usage.

license

MIT licensed