purge-deps

purge-deps is a command-line tool designed to delete all files and folders related to dependencies in JavaScript-based monorepo projects. It provides a convenient way to clean up generated files created by package managers.

Installation

You can install purge-deps globally using npm

npm install -g purge-deps

Usage

npx purge-deps [options]

Options

-h or help: Displays the usage information.
-p or path <path>: Specifies the path to delete files and folders.
-t or targets <targets>: Replaces the targets to delete. Multiple targets can be separated by commas.
-e or extends <targets>: Adds to the targets to delete. Multiple targets can be separated by commas.
-i or ignore <folders>: Specifies folders to ignore. Multiple folders can be separated by commas.
-gi or gitignore <true|false>: Enables or disables reading from the .gitignore file.

Default Values

| Option | Default Value | |----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------| | path | . (current directory) | | targets | node_modules, pnpm-lock.yaml, yarn.lock, package-lock.json | | ignore | .changeset, .git, .github, .husky, .turbo, src, | | gitignore | true |

Examples

# Basic usage (delete default targets in the current directory)
npx purge-deps [options]

# Delete target files in a specific path
npx purge-deps -p ./path

# Delete a specific target
npx purge-deps -t "test.txt,build"

# Extends targets
npx purge-deps -e "test1.txt,test2.txt,dist"

# Ignore specific folders
npx purge-deps -i "node_modules,build"

# Disable usage of the .gitignore file
npx purge-deps -gi false