https://github.com/davibe/package-deps-cli

A cli tool to list package.json dependencies in <package>@<version> form
https://github.com/davibe/package-deps-cli

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A cli tool to list package.json dependencies in <package>@<version> form

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/davibe/package-deps-cli
• Owner: davibe
• Created: 2015-09-03T06:32:55.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2015-09-03T06:43:31.000Z (over 9 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-14T17:56:05.754Z (3 months ago)
• Language: JavaScript
• Size: 133 KB
• Stars: 0
• Watchers: 2
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README.md

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A cli tool to list package.json dependencies in [package]@[version] form

Install

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    npm install -g package-deps-cli

Usage example

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    $ package-deps-cli

    yargs@^3.23.0

    $ package-deps-cli --dev

    yargs@^3.23.0

    coffee-script@^1.9.3

Why

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I deploy my node.js based applications using docker. This tool allows me to install

dependencies globally which would not be possible using npm. The result looks 

like this

    RUN npm install -g package-deps

    ADD ./package.json /app/package.json

    RUN cd /app; npm install -g $(package-deps-cli); npm link $(package-deps-cli)

    ADD ./ /app

    RUN cd /app; npm install

The benefit is that when you change your app/ source code (but not package.json)

docker will repeat the steps starting from "ADD ./ /app" but it will be very fast

as it will just link global packages.

Notes

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- Something similar can be achieved using 'npm-cache', but it's slower

- npm will never install dependencies globally afaik (see )