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RFC: Robust Lifecycle Scripts

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Proposal to implement more robust lifecycle scripts with reify context. See issue npm/cli#3042

fritzy

[RRFC] npm install --from-lockfile

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## Motivation ("The Why") Based on the discussion on npm/cli#564, npm/feedback/discussions/340 and a few other issues. The purpose of this proposal is to offer a middle ground between `npm install`...

danShumway

rfc: install size information logging

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zkat

Following discussion on #477 and previously on #463, workspaces that depend on sibling workspaces via the `file:` protocol (a.k.a. linked or symlinked dependencies) should run the sibling workspaces' `prepare` scripts...

mysterycommand

[RRFC] Warn users when skipping alias/git deps during audit

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### The problem When running "NPM audit" with alias packages, or packages received from git installation, it simply skips the package with no warning or sign that the package was...

rotem-cider

## Motivation ("The Why") We are encountering this issue in Vite: https://github.com/vitejs/vite/issues/6210 In summary: - **Background**: Vite bundles most of its dependencies with Rollup. Therefore, its `LICENSE.md` includes all the...

haoqunjiang

[RRFC] Only use registry provided URLs to fetch tarballs

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## Motivation ("The Why") npm 7 introduced a change where it computes tarball URLs from the registry name instead of using the URL provided by the registry. This causes third...

iarna

[RRFC] Exclude `node_modules` from Time Machine backups (macOS)

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## Motivation `node_modules` often contains a lot of files that change frequently, which can significantly slow down backup solutions like Time Machine, so it would make sense to exclude them...

probablykasper

[RRFC] yarn's upgrade-interactive equivalent in npm

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## Motivation ("The Why") It's super useful, in npm we have to run `npx npm-check -u` that's a third party package. ### Example Try it in yarn. ### How ####...

Jack-Works

[RRFC] `npm publish --if-needed`

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## Motivation ("The Why") My company uses CD to publish our internal npm packages. However, the publish job, if ran twice, will error the second time, because the package is...

ljharb