npm-deps(1)

npm-deps(1) is a nifty little script that scans subdirectories searching for nested package.json files, and merges all the dependencies together in a single package.json file that is outputted to stdout.

A base template passed through standard input is used to produce the root package.json file. This allows package.json to be ignored by version control systems, which conflict with auto-generated files. Base package attributes, like name and version, can be stored in a separate file such as package-base.json, and kept in version control.

Example

$ cd my_cool_project
$ npm-deps < package-base.json > package.json

Installation

$ npm install -g npm-deps

Command line options

-h, --help           output usage information
-V, --version        output the version number
-s, --silent         do not print out warnings
-o, --output [file]  output to a file
-d, --directories[items]  override recursion and use a comma separated string list of paths that may contain a package.json

Conflicts

npm-deps(1) will warn you about any potential conflicts of the versions declared in the multiple package.json files

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2014, Automattic, Inc.

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