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<h1><a href="../cli/npm-shrinkwrap.html">npm-shrinkwrap</a></h1> <p>Lock down dependency versions</p>
<h2 id="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</h2>
<pre><code>npm shrinkwrap
</code></pre><h2 id="description">DESCRIPTION</h2>
<p>This command locks down the versions of a package&#39;s dependencies so
that you can control exactly which versions of each dependency will be
used when your package is installed. The <code>package.json</code> file is still
required if you want to use <code>npm install</code>.</p>
<p>By default, <code>npm install</code> recursively installs the target&#39;s
dependencies (as specified in <code>package.json</code>), choosing the latest
available version that satisfies the dependency&#39;s semver pattern. In
some situations, particularly when shipping software where each change
is tightly managed, it&#39;s desirable to fully specify each version of
each dependency recursively so that subsequent builds and deploys do
not inadvertently pick up newer versions of a dependency that satisfy
the semver pattern. Specifying specific semver patterns in each
dependency&#39;s <code>package.json</code> would facilitate this, but that&#39;s not always
possible or desirable, as when another author owns the npm package.
It&#39;s also possible to check dependencies directly into source control,
but that may be undesirable for other reasons.</p>
<p>As an example, consider package A:</p>
<pre><code>{
&quot;name&quot;: &quot;A&quot;,
&quot;version&quot;: &quot;0.1.0&quot;,
&quot;dependencies&quot;: {
&quot;B&quot;: &quot;&lt;0.1.0&quot;
}
}
</code></pre><p>package B:</p>
<pre><code>{
&quot;name&quot;: &quot;B&quot;,
&quot;version&quot;: &quot;0.0.1&quot;,
&quot;dependencies&quot;: {
&quot;C&quot;: &quot;&lt;0.1.0&quot;
}
}
</code></pre><p>and package C:</p>
<pre><code>{
&quot;name&quot;: &quot;C&quot;,
&quot;version&quot;: &quot;0.0.1&quot;
}
</code></pre><p>If these are the only versions of A, B, and C available in the
registry, then a normal <code>npm install A</code> will install:</p>
<pre><code>A@0.1.0
`-- B@0.0.1
`-- C@0.0.1
</code></pre><p>However, if B@0.0.2 is published, then a fresh <code>npm install A</code> will
install:</p>
<pre><code>A@0.1.0
`-- B@0.0.2
`-- C@0.0.1
</code></pre><p>assuming the new version did not modify B&#39;s dependencies. Of course,
the new version of B could include a new version of C and any number
of new dependencies. If such changes are undesirable, the author of A
could specify a dependency on B@0.0.1. However, if A&#39;s author and B&#39;s
author are not the same person, there&#39;s no way for A&#39;s author to say
that he or she does not want to pull in newly published versions of C
when B hasn&#39;t changed at all.</p>
<p>In this case, A&#39;s author can run</p>
<pre><code>npm shrinkwrap
</code></pre><p>This generates <code>npm-shrinkwrap.json</code>, which will look something like this:</p>
<pre><code>{
&quot;name&quot;: &quot;A&quot;,
&quot;version&quot;: &quot;0.1.0&quot;,
&quot;dependencies&quot;: {
&quot;B&quot;: {
&quot;version&quot;: &quot;0.0.1&quot;,
&quot;from&quot;: &quot;B@^0.0.1&quot;,
&quot;resolved&quot;: &quot;https://registry.npmjs.org/B/-/B-0.0.1.tgz&quot;,
&quot;dependencies&quot;: {
&quot;C&quot;: {
&quot;version&quot;: &quot;0.0.1&quot;,
&quot;from&quot;: &quot;org/C#v0.0.1&quot;,
&quot;resolved&quot;: &quot;git://github.com/org/C.git#5c380ae319fc4efe9e7f2d9c78b0faa588fd99b4&quot;
}
}
}
}
}
</code></pre><p>The shrinkwrap command has locked down the dependencies based on what&#39;s
currently installed in <code>node_modules</code>. The installation behavior is changed to:</p>
<ol>
<li><p>The module tree described by the shrinkwrap is reproduced. This means
reproducing the structure described in the file, using the specific files
referenced in &quot;resolved&quot; if available, falling back to normal package
resolution using &quot;version&quot; if one isn&#39;t.</p>
</li>
<li><p>The tree is walked and any missing dependencies are installed in the usual fashion.</p>
</li>
</ol>
<p>If <code>preshrinkwrap</code>, <code>shrinkwrap</code> or <code>postshrinkwrap</code> are in the <code>scripts</code> property of the
<code>package.json</code>, they will be executed by running <code>npm shrinkwrap</code>.
<code>preshrinkwrap</code> and <code>shrinkwrap</code> are executed before the shrinkwrap, <code>postshrinkwrap</code> is
executed afterwards. For example to run some postprocessing on the generated file:</p>
<pre><code>&quot;scripts&quot;: { &quot;postshrinkwrap&quot;: &quot;node fix-shrinkwrap.js&quot; }
</code></pre><h3 id="using-shrinkwrapped-packages">Using shrinkwrapped packages</h3>
<p>Using a shrinkwrapped package is no different than using any other
package: you can <code>npm install</code> it by hand, or add a dependency to your
<code>package.json</code> file and <code>npm install</code> it.</p>
<h3 id="building-shrinkwrapped-packages">Building shrinkwrapped packages</h3>
<p>To shrinkwrap an existing package:</p>
<ol>
<li>Run <code>npm install</code> in the package root to install the current
versions of all dependencies.</li>
<li>Validate that the package works as expected with these versions.</li>
<li>Run <code>npm shrinkwrap</code>, add <code>npm-shrinkwrap.json</code> to git, and publish
your package.</li>
</ol>
<p>To add or update a dependency in a shrinkwrapped package:</p>
<ol>
<li>Run <code>npm install</code> in the package root to install the current
versions of all dependencies.</li>
<li>Add or update dependencies. <code>npm install --save</code> or <code>npm install --save-dev</code>
each new or updated package individually to update the <code>package.json</code> and
the shrinkwrap. Note that they must be explicitly named in order to be
installed: running <code>npm install</code> with no arguments will merely reproduce
the existing shrinkwrap.</li>
<li>Validate that the package works as expected with the new
dependencies.</li>
<li>Commit the new <code>npm-shrinkwrap.json</code>, and publish your package.</li>
</ol>
<p>You can use <a href="../cli/npm-outdated.html">npm-outdated(1)</a> to view dependencies with newer versions
available.</p>
<h3 id="other-notes">Other Notes</h3>
<p>A shrinkwrap file must be consistent with the package&#39;s <code>package.json</code>
file. <code>npm shrinkwrap</code> will fail if required dependencies are not
already installed, since that would result in a shrinkwrap that
wouldn&#39;t actually work. Similarly, the command will fail if there are
extraneous packages (not referenced by <code>package.json</code>), since that would
indicate that <code>package.json</code> is not correct.</p>
<p>Since <code>npm shrinkwrap</code> is intended to lock down your dependencies for
production use, <code>devDependencies</code> will not be included unless you
explicitly set the <code>--dev</code> flag when you run <code>npm shrinkwrap</code>. If
installed <code>devDependencies</code> are excluded, then npm will print a
warning. If you want them to be installed with your module by
default, please consider adding them to <code>dependencies</code> instead.</p>
<p>If shrinkwrapped package A depends on shrinkwrapped package B, B&#39;s
shrinkwrap will not be used as part of the installation of A. However,
because A&#39;s shrinkwrap is constructed from a valid installation of B
and recursively specifies all dependencies, the contents of B&#39;s
shrinkwrap will implicitly be included in A&#39;s shrinkwrap.</p>
<h3 id="caveats">Caveats</h3>
<p>If you wish to lock down the specific bytes included in a package, for
example to have 100% confidence in being able to reproduce a
deployment or build, then you ought to check your dependencies into
source control, or pursue some other mechanism that can verify
contents rather than versions.</p>
<h2 id="see-also">SEE ALSO</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="../cli/npm-install.html">npm-install(1)</a></li>
<li><a href="../cli/npm-run-script.html">npm-run-script(1)</a></li>
<li><a href="../misc/npm-scripts.html">npm-scripts(7)</a></li>
<li><a href="../files/package.json.html">package.json(5)</a></li>
<li><a href="../cli/npm-ls.html">npm-ls(1)</a></li>
</ul>
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