Jun 1, 2017 · npm@5 has been published, it has a new feature package-lock.json file (after npm install) which confuses me. I want to know, what is the effect of this file?

Yes, package-lock.json is intended to be checked into source control. If you're using npm 5+, you may see this notice on the command line: created a lockfile as package-lock.json. You should commit this …

It will install from package-lock.json and will not update it. See the documentation for more information. According to this comment by a member of the npm CLI team, what you are describing is a "high …

Jan 10, 2019 · In a team set up, usually, I have faced merge conflicts in package-lock.json and my quick fix has always been to delete the file and regenerate it with npm install. I have not seriously thought …

Jan 30, 2018 · No, the package-lock.json SHOULD NOT be added to .gitignore. Instead, I strongly advise: Add the package-lock.json you to your version control repository Use npm ci instead of npm …

I can tell package-lock.json gives me an exact dependency tree as opposed to package.json. From that info alone, it seems like package.json is redundant and not needed anymore.

Jul 11, 2017 · I just recently upgraded to npm@5. I now have a package-lock.json file with everything from package.json. I would expect that, when I run npm install that the dependency versions would …

May 14, 2018 · GitHub is telling me that a dependency in my package-lock.json file is vulnerable and outdated. The problem is that if I do npm install or npm update, neither of them update the …

I deleted it by accident and have made many changes to package.json since. An npm install or npm update do not generate package-lock.json anymore. I tried clearing my npm cache and my nvm …

Docs for npm shrinkwrap and package-lock.json vs npm-shrinkwrap.json #toSaveYouAGoogle (or two) -- fncomp mentions above and tehfoo below. Also, mneumonic: ~ stays about even, ^ goes up a little …