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Update a package.json file based on a template and preferences. This updater can be used from the command line when installed globally, or as a plugin in other updaters.

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Update a package.json based on globally stored preferences.

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What does updater-package do?

Most updaters do one specific thing. This updater updates package.json in the current working directory using normalize-pkg.

Getting started

Install

Installing the CLI

To run updater-package from the command line, you'll need to install Update globally first. You can do that now with the following command:

$ npm install --global update

This adds the update command to your system path, allowing it to be run from any directory.

Install updater-package

Install this module with the following command:

$ npm install --global updater-package

Usage

Make sure your work is committed, then run the updater's default task with the following command:

$ update package

What will happen?

Upon running $ update package command, this updater's default task will update the package.json in the current working directory using the default settings and schema in normalize-pkg.

Learn how to automatically run this updater with the update command.

Tasks

Visit the documentation for tasks.

Release history

v1.0.0

Bugfixes

  • fixes how contributors are updated to ensure that any existing contributors (on the package.json contributors array) are retained and merged with the contributors from github's API
  • fixes package.json license when an invalid value exists (from an old bug that has been fixed in verb)

About

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Contributing

Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.

Running tests

Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:

$ npm install && npm test

Author

Jon Schlinkert

License

Copyright © 2017, Jon Schlinkert. Released under the MIT License.


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