Support npm_config_cache environment variable

[xzyfer]

Do you want to request a feature or report a bug?

bug

What is the current behavior?

yarn run v0.16.1
$ node -p process.env.npm_config_cache
undefined
✨  Done in 0.28s.

If the current behavior is a bug, please provide the steps to reproduce.

Print process.env.npm_config_cache in an npm script

"scripts": {
    "foo": "node -p process.env.npm_config_cache"
}

yarn run foo

What is the expected behavior?

> node -p process.env.npm_config_cache

/Users/michael/.npm

Please mention your node.js, yarn and operating system version.

$ node -p process.versions
{ http_parser: '2.7.0',
  node: '6.5.0',
  v8: '5.1.281.81',
  uv: '1.9.1',
  zlib: '1.2.8',
  ares: '1.10.1-DEV',
  icu: '57.1',
  modules: '48',
  openssl: '1.0.2h' }
$ node -v
v6.5.0
$ npm -v
3.10.3
$ yarn --version
0.16.1

OS X El Capitan

[Daniel15]

Is this documented anywhere in npm's documentation, or is it another undocumented npm environment thing like #1587?

[xzyfer]

npm makes all config available in the script environment with a npm_config_ prefix. As such all the documented config settings are expected to be available.

[xzyfer]

This behaviour is documented under npm scripts.

Configuration parameters are put in the environment with the npm_config_ prefix. For instance, you can view the effective root config by checking the npm_config_root environment variable.

[Daniel15]

Thanks for the info! 😄

[johngeorgewright]

Something also to note; Any config variable set as [package_name]:foo, or variables listed under the package.config object will be added as "per-package" environment variables. E.g: process.env.npm_package_config_foo.

https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/config#per-package-config-settings

[rkrisztian]

We can't switch to yarn without this, and none of the npm_config_* vars that we depend on works. So please, implement this feature!

[EddyVinck]

I'm getting this issue as well

[jpbochi]

3 full years, and no fix? 🕯 🕯 🕯 🍰

[jhchen6]

Getting the same issue. I was trying to use npm_config_* variables to pass command line arguments into the middle of a npm script.

[ilyadreamix]

9 years and no fix omg

[Daniel15]

@ilyadreamix If you want this feature, you should create an issue in the Berry repo. Yarn v1 isn't under active development any more.

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9 years and no fix omg

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