@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ sure to use <code>npm rebuild <pkg></code> if you make any changes.</p>
<p>The first element in the 'args' parameter must be a package name. After that is the optional command, which can be any number of strings. All of the strings will be combined into one, space-delimited command.</p>
<ul><li>Update request to support HTTPS-over-HTTP proxy tunneling</li><li>Throw on undefined envs in config settings</li><li>Update which to 1.0.5</li><li>Fix windows UNC busyloop in findPrefix</li><li>Bundle nested bundleDependencies properly</li><li>Alias adduser to add-user</li><li>Doc updates (Christian Howe, Henrik Hodne, Andrew Lunny)</li><li>ignore logfd/outfd streams in makeEnv() (Rod Vagg)</li><li>shrinkwrap: Behave properly with url-installed deps</li><li>install: Support --save with url install targets</li><li>Support installing naked tars or single-file modules from urls etc.</li><li>init: Don't add engines section</li><li>Don't run make clean on rebuild</li><li>Added missing unicode replacement (atomizer)</li></ul>
<h3id="1-1-2">1.1.2</h3>
<p>Dave Pacheco (2):
add "npm shrinkwrap"</p>
<p>Martin Cooper (1):
Fix #1753 Make a copy of the cached objects we'll modify.</p>
<p>Tim Oxley (1):
correctly remove readme from default npm view command.</p>
<p>Tyler Green (1):
fix #2187 set terminal columns to Infinity if 0</p>
<p>isaacs (19):
update minimatch
update request
Experimental: single-file modules
Fix #2172 Don't remove global mans uninstalling local pkgs
Add --versions flag to show the version of node as well
Support --json flag for ls output
update request to 2.9.151</p>
<h3id="1-1">1.1</h3>
<ul><li>Replace system tar dependency with a JS tar</li><li>Continue to refine</li></ul>
<ul><li><code>for (;;)</code> loops. They're actually required.</li><li>null loops like: <code>while (something) ;</code> (But you'd better have a good
reason for doing that.)</li><li>case "foo": doSomething(); break</li><li>In front of a leading ( or [ at the start of the line.
reason for doing that.)</li><li><code>case "foo": doSomething(); break</code></li><li>In front of a leading <code>(</code> or <code>[</code> at the start of the line.
This prevents the expression from being interpreted
as a function call or property access, respectively.</li></ul>
@ -28,13 +28,23 @@ topic, or <code>npm help thing</code> to see the same information.</p>
<p>A package is:</p>
<ul><li>a) a folder containing a program described by a package.json file</li><li>b) a gzipped tarball containing (a)</li><li>c) a url that resolves to (b)</li><li>d) a <code><name>@<version></code> that is published on the registry with (c)</li><li>e) a <code><name>@<tag></code> that points to (d)</li><li>f) a <code><name></code> that has a "latest" tag satisfying (e)</li></ul>
<ul><li>a) a folder containing a program described by a package.json file</li><li>b) a gzipped tarball containing (a)</li><li>c) a url that resolves to (b)</li><li>d) a <code><name>@<version></code> that is published on the registry with (c)</li><li>e) a <code><name>@<tag></code> that points to (d)</li><li>f) a <code><name></code> that has a "latest" tag satisfying (e)</li><li>g) a <code>git</code> url that, when cloned, results in (a).</li></ul>
<p>Even if you never publish your package, you can still get a lot of
benefits of using npm if you just want to write a node program (a), and
perhaps if you also want to be able to easily install it elsewhere
<p>This command installs a package, and any packages that it depends on.</p>
<p>This command installs a package, and any packages that it depends on. If the
package has a shrinkwrap file, the installation of dependencies will be driven
by that. See <ahref="../doc/shrinkwrap.html">shrinkwrap(1)</a>.</p>
<p>A <code>package</code> is:</p>
@ -32,33 +35,29 @@ benefits of using npm if you just want to write a node program (a), and
perhaps if you also want to be able to easily install it elsewhere
after packing it up into a tarball (b).</p>
<ul><li><p><code>npm install</code> (in package directory, no arguments):
Install the dependencies in the local node_modules folder.</p><p>In global mode (ie, with <code>-g</code> or <code>--global</code> appended to the command),
<ul><li><p><code>npm install</code> (in package directory, no arguments):</p><p>Install the dependencies in the local node_modules folder.</p><p>In global mode (ie, with <code>-g</code> or <code>--global</code> appended to the command),
it installs the current package context (ie, the current working
directory) as a global package.</p></li><li><p><code>npm install <folder></code>:
Install a package that is sitting in a folder on the filesystem.</p></li><li><p><code>npm install <tarball file></code>:
Install a package that is sitting on the filesystem. Note: if you just want
directory) as a global package.</p></li><li><p><code>npm install <folder></code>:</p><p>Install a package that is sitting in a folder on the filesystem.</p></li><li><p><code>npm install <tarball file></code>:</p><p>Install a package that is sitting on the filesystem. Note: if you just want
to link a dev directory into your npm root, you can do this more easily by
using <code>npm link</code>.</p><p>Example:</p><pre><code>npm install ./package.tgz</code></pre></li><li><p><code>npm install <tarball url></code>:
Fetch the tarball url, and then install it. In order to distinguish between
this and other options, the argument must start with "http://" or "https://"</p><p>Example:</p><pre><code>npm install https://github.com/indexzero/forever/tarball/v0.5.6</code></pre></li><li><p><code>npm install <name></code>:
Do a <code><name>@<tag></code> install, where <code><tag></code> is the "tag" config. (See
<code><ahref="../doc/config.html">config(1)</a></code>)</p><p>Example:</p><pre><code>npm install sax</code></pre><p><strong>Note</strong>: If there is a file or folder named <code><name></code> in the current
using <code>npm link</code>.</p><p>Example:</p><pre><code> npm install ./package.tgz</code></pre></li><li><p><code>npm install <tarball url></code>:</p><p>Fetch the tarball url, and then install it. In order to distinguish between
this and other options, the argument must start with "http://" or "https://"</p><p>Example:</p><pre><code> npm install https://github.com/indexzero/forever/tarball/v0.5.6</code></pre></li><li><p><code>npm install <name> [--save|--save-dev|--save-optional]</code>:</p><p>Do a <code><name>@<tag></code> install, where <code><tag></code> is the "tag" config. (See
<code><ahref="../doc/config.html">config(1)</a></code>.)</p><p>In most cases, this will install the latest version
of the module published on npm.</p><p>Example:</p><p> npm install sax</p><p><code>npm install</code> takes 3 exclusive, optional flags which save or update
the package version in your main package.json:</p><ul><li><p><code>--save</code>: Package will appear in your <code>dependencies</code>.</p></li><li><p><code>--save-dev</code>: Package will appear in your <code>devDependencies</code>.</p></li><li><p><code>--save-optional</code>: Package will appear in your <code>optionalDependencies</code>.</p><p>Examples:</p><p> npm install sax --save
npm install node-tap --save-dev
npm install dtrace-provider --save-optional</p><p><strong>Note</strong>: If there is a file or folder named <code><name></code> in the current
working directory, then it will try to install that, and only try to
fetch the package by name if it is not valid.</p></li><li><p><code>npm install <name>@<tag></code>:
Install the version of the package that is referenced by the specified tag.
fetch the package by name if it is not valid.</p></li></ul></li><li><p><code>npm install <name>@<tag></code>:</p><p>Install the version of the package that is referenced by the specified tag.
If the tag does not exist in the registry data for that package, then this
will fail.</p><p>Example:</p><pre><code>npm install sax@latest</code></pre></li><li><p><code>npm install <name>@<version></code>:
Install the specified version of the package. This will fail if the version
has not been published to the registry.</p><p>Example:</p><pre><code>npm install sax@0.1.1</code></pre></li><li><p><code>npm install <name>@<version range></code>:
Install a version of the package matching the specified version range. This
will fail.</p><p>Example:</p><pre><code> npm install sax@latest</code></pre></li><li><p><code>npm install <name>@<version></code>:</p><p>Install the specified version of the package. This will fail if the version
has not been published to the registry.</p><p>Example:</p><pre><code> npm install sax@0.1.1</code></pre></li><li><p><code>npm install <name>@<version range></code>:</p><p>Install a version of the package matching the specified version range. This
will follow the same rules for resolving dependencies described in <code><ahref="../doc/json.html">json(1)</a></code>.</p><p>Note that most version ranges must be put in quotes so that your shell will
treat it as a single argument.</p><p>Example:</p><pre><code>npm install sax@">=0.1.0 <0.2.0"</code></pre></li><li><p><code>npm install <git remote url></code>:</p><p>Install a package by cloning a git remote url. The format of the git
url is:</p><pre><code><protocol>://[<user>@]<hostname><separator><path>[#<commit-ish>]</code></pre><p><code><protocol></code> is one of <code>git</code>, <code>git+ssh</code>, <code>git+http</code>, or
treat it as a single argument.</p><p>Example:</p><p> npm install sax@">=0.1.0 <0.2.0"</p></li><li><p><code>npm install <git remote url></code>:</p><p>Install a package by cloning a git remote url. The format of the git
url is:</p><p><protocol>://[<user>@]<hostname><separator><path>[#<commit-ish>]</p><p><code><protocol></code> is one of <code>git</code>, <code>git+ssh</code>, <code>git+http</code>, or
<code>git+https</code>. If no <code><commit-ish></code> is specified, then <code>master</code> is
@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ space-separated descriptors, OR a range like "fromVersion - toVersion"</p>
<p>Version range descriptors may be any of the following styles, where "version"
is a semver compatible version identifier.</p>
<ul><li><code>version</code> Must match <code>version</code> exactly</li><li><code>=version</code> Same as just <code>version</code></li><li><code>>version</code> Must be greater than <code>version</code></li><li><code>>=version</code> etc</li><li><code><version</code></li><li><code><=version</code></li><li><code>~version</code> See 'Tilde Version Ranges' below</li><li><code>1.2.x</code> See 'X Version Ranges' below</li><li><code>http://...</code> See 'URLs as Dependencies' below</li><li><code>*</code> Matches any version</li><li><code>""</code> (just an empty string) Same as <code>*</code></li><li><code>version1 - version2</code> Same as <code>>=version1 <=version2</code>.</li><li><code>range1 || range2</code> Passes if either range1 or range2 are satisfied.</li></ul>
<ul><li><code>version</code> Must match <code>version</code> exactly</li><li><code>=version</code> Same as just <code>version</code></li><li><code>>version</code> Must be greater than <code>version</code></li><li><code>>=version</code> etc</li><li><code><version</code></li><li><code><=version</code></li><li><code>~version</code> See 'Tilde Version Ranges' below</li><li><code>1.2.x</code> See 'X Version Ranges' below</li><li><code>http://...</code> See 'URLs as Dependencies' below</li><li><code>*</code> Matches any version</li><li><code>""</code> (just an empty string) Same as <code>*</code></li><li><code>version1 - version2</code> Same as <code>>=version1 <=version2</code>.</li><li><code>range1 || range2</code> Passes if either range1 or range2 are satisfied.</li><li><code>git...</code> See 'Git URLs as Dependencies' below</li></ul>
<p>For example, these are all valid:</p>
@ -360,6 +360,18 @@ of a version range.</p>
<p>This tarball will be downloaded and installed locally to your package at
install time.</p>
<h3id="Git-URLs-as-Dependencies">Git URLs as Dependencies</h3>
isaacs
13 years ago