npm install glob

Command-line tool to recursively run npm install using a glob pattern to match files. Ignores node_modules.

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About The Project

I teach a full-stack coding bootcamp and I'm constantly needing to install node_modules in numerous folders. I wanted a script that I can run to recursively install node_modules using a glob pattern to match the root directory/ies. This script will do just that. The script will match all folders against a pattern argument (glob notation) and recursively run npm install in any folder containing a package.json file ignoring any node_modules directories.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

Requires Node v12+ and npm v7+.

Installation

Run npm install -g npm-install-glob.

Usage

Run npm-install-glob 'glob_pattern' to run the npm install command on all matching folders containing a package.json file. (Must wrap the glob pattern in quotes.) Excludes node_modules directory. Supports globstar (**) in glob pattern. See Glob for additional details on how glob patterns are parsed.

Example

Given the following file tree in the working directory:

└───activities
    ├───01-arya
    │   │   package-lock.json
    │   │   package.json
    │   │
    │   └───node_modules
    |         ...
    │
    ├───02-jon
    │       package-lock.json
    │       package.json
    │
    ├───03-bran
    │   ├───Solved
    │   │       package.json
    │   │
    │   └───Unsolved
    │           package.json
    │
    └───04-jaime
            index.js

Run npm-install-glob 'activities/**'. (Be sure to wrap pattern in quotes.) Results in the following output:

Installing activities/01-arya
Installing activities/02-jon
Installing activities/03-bran/Solved
Installing activities/03-bran/Unsolved
Finished installing dependencies.

File tree after running the command:

└───activities
    ├───01-arya
    │   │   package-lock.json
    │   │   package.json
    │   │
    │   └───node_modules
    |         ...
    │
    ├───02-jon
    │   │   package-lock.json
    │   │   package.json
    │   │
    │   └───node_modules
    │         ...
    │
    ├───03-bran
    │   ├───Solved
    │   │   │   package-lock.json
    │   │   │   package.json
    │   │   │
    │   │   └───node_modules
    │   │         ...
    │   │
    │   │
    │   └───Unsolved
    │       │   package-lock.json
    │       │   package.json
    │       │
    │       └───node_modules
    │             ...
    │
    └───04-jaime
            index.js

Report Bugs and Request Features

See the open issues for a list of proposed features (and known issues).

Contributing

Contributions are what make the open source community such an amazing place to be learn, inspire, and create. Any contributions you make are greatly appreciated.

1. Fork the Project
2. Create your Feature Branch (git checkout -b feature/AmazingFeature)
3. Commit your Changes (git commit -m 'Add some AmazingFeature')
4. Push to the Branch (git push origin feature/AmazingFeature)
5. Open a Pull Request

License

Distributed under the MIT License. See LICENSE for more information.

Contact

John Desrosiers - [email protected]

Project Link: https://github.com/median-man/npm-install-glob

Acknowledgements

• node-glob
• recursive-install