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| <h1 id="package-lockjson">package-lock.json</h1> | |
| <span class="description">A manifestation of the manifest</span> | |
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| <section id="table_of_contents"> | |
| <h2 id="table-of-contents">Table of contents</h2> | |
| <div id="_table_of_contents"><ul><li><a href="#description">Description</a></li><li><a href="#package-lockjson-vs-npm-shrinkwrapjson"><code>package-lock.json</code> vs <code>npm-shrinkwrap.json</code></a></li><li><a href="#hidden-lockfiles">Hidden Lockfiles</a></li><li><a href="#handling-old-lockfiles">Handling Old Lockfiles</a></li><li><a href="#file-format">File Format</a></li><ul><li><a href="#name"><code>name</code></a></li><li><a href="#version"><code>version</code></a></li><li><a href="#lockfileversion"><code>lockfileVersion</code></a></li><li><a href="#packages"><code>packages</code></a></li><li><a href="#dependencies">dependencies</a></li></ul><li><a href="#see-also">See also</a></li></ul></div> | |
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| <div id="_content"><h3 id="description">Description</h3> | |
| <p><code>package-lock.json</code> is automatically generated for any operations where npm | |
| modifies either the <code>node_modules</code> tree, or <code>package.json</code>. It describes the | |
| exact tree that was generated, such that subsequent installs are able to | |
| generate identical trees, regardless of intermediate dependency updates.</p> | |
| <p>This file is intended to be committed into source repositories, and serves | |
| various purposes:</p> | |
| <ul> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>Describe a single representation of a dependency tree such that | |
| teammates, deployments, and continuous integration are guaranteed to | |
| install exactly the same dependencies.</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>Provide a facility for users to "time-travel" to previous states of | |
| <code>node_modules</code> without having to commit the directory itself.</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>Facilitate greater visibility of tree changes through readable source | |
| control diffs.</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>Optimize the installation process by allowing npm to skip repeated | |
| metadata resolutions for previously-installed packages.</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>As of npm v7, lockfiles include enough information to gain a complete | |
| picture of the package tree, reducing the need to read <code>package.json</code> | |
| files, and allowing for significant performance improvements.</p> | |
| </li> | |
| </ul> | |
| <h3 id="package-lockjson-vs-npm-shrinkwrapjson"><code>package-lock.json</code> vs <code>npm-shrinkwrap.json</code></h3> | |
| <p>Both of these files have the same format, and perform similar functions in | |
| the root of a project.</p> | |
| <p>The difference is that <code>package-lock.json</code> cannot be published, and it will | |
| be ignored if found in any place other than the root project.</p> | |
| <p>In contrast, <a href="../configuring-npm/npm-shrinkwrap-json.html">npm-shrinkwrap.json</a> allows | |
| publication, and defines the dependency tree from the point encountered. | |
| This is not recommended unless deploying a CLI tool or otherwise using the | |
| publication process for producing production packages.</p> | |
| <p>If both <code>package-lock.json</code> and <code>npm-shrinkwrap.json</code> are present in the | |
| root of a project, <code>npm-shrinkwrap.json</code> will take precedence and | |
| <code>package-lock.json</code> will be ignored.</p> | |
| <h3 id="hidden-lockfiles">Hidden Lockfiles</h3> | |
| <p>In order to avoid processing the <code>node_modules</code> folder repeatedly, npm as | |
| of v7 uses a "hidden" lockfile present in | |
| <code>node_modules/.package-lock.json</code>. This contains information about the | |
| tree, and is used in lieu of reading the entire <code>node_modules</code> hierarchy | |
| provided that the following conditions are met:</p> | |
| <ul> | |
| <li>All package folders it references exist in the <code>node_modules</code> hierarchy.</li> | |
| <li>No package folders exist in the <code>node_modules</code> hierarchy that are not | |
| listed in the lockfile.</li> | |
| <li>The modified time of the file is at least as recent as all of the package | |
| folders it references.</li> | |
| </ul> | |
| <p>That is, the hidden lockfile will only be relevant if it was created as | |
| part of the most recent update to the package tree. If another CLI mutates | |
| the tree in any way, this will be detected, and the hidden lockfile will be | |
| ignored.</p> | |
| <p>Note that it <em>is</em> possible to manually change the <em>contents</em> of a package | |
| in such a way that the modified time of the package folder is unaffected. | |
| For example, if you add a file to <code>node_modules/foo/lib/bar.js</code>, then the | |
| modified time on <code>node_modules/foo</code> will not reflect this change. If you | |
| are manually editing files in <code>node_modules</code>, it is generally best to | |
| delete the file at <code>node_modules/.package-lock.json</code>.</p> | |
| <p>As the hidden lockfile is ignored by older npm versions, it does not | |
| contain the backwards compatibility affordances present in "normal" | |
| lockfiles. That is, it is <code>lockfileVersion: 3</code>, rather than | |
| <code>lockfileVersion: 2</code>.</p> | |
| <h3 id="handling-old-lockfiles">Handling Old Lockfiles</h3> | |
| <p>When npm detects a lockfile from npm v6 or before during the package | |
| installation process, it is automatically updated to fetch missing | |
| information from either the <code>node_modules</code> tree or (in the case of empty | |
| <code>node_modules</code> trees or very old lockfile formats) the npm registry.</p> | |
| <h3 id="file-format">File Format</h3> | |
| <h4 id="name"><code>name</code></h4> | |
| <p>The name of the package this is a package-lock for. This will match what's | |
| in <code>package.json</code>.</p> | |
| <h4 id="version"><code>version</code></h4> | |
| <p>The version of the package this is a package-lock for. This will match | |
| what's in <code>package.json</code>.</p> | |
| <h4 id="lockfileversion"><code>lockfileVersion</code></h4> | |
| <p>An integer version, starting at <code>1</code> with the version number of this | |
| document whose semantics were used when generating this | |
| <code>package-lock.json</code>.</p> | |
| <p>Note that the file format changed significantly in npm v7 to track | |
| information that would have otherwise required looking in <code>node_modules</code> or | |
| the npm registry. Lockfiles generated by npm v7 will contain | |
| <code>lockfileVersion: 2</code>.</p> | |
| <ul> | |
| <li>No version provided: an "ancient" shrinkwrap file from a version of npm | |
| prior to npm v5.</li> | |
| <li><code>1</code>: The lockfile version used by npm v5 and v6.</li> | |
| <li><code>2</code>: The lockfile version used by npm v7 and v8. Backwards compatible to v1 | |
| lockfiles.</li> | |
| <li><code>3</code>: The lockfile version used by npm v9 and above. Backwards compatible to npm v7.</li> | |
| </ul> | |
| <p>npm will always attempt to get whatever data it can out of a lockfile, even | |
| if it is not a version that it was designed to support.</p> | |
| <h4 id="packages"><code>packages</code></h4> | |
| <p>This is an object that maps package locations to an object containing the | |
| information about that package.</p> | |
| <p>The root project is typically listed with a key of <code>""</code>, and all other | |
| packages are listed with their relative paths from the root project folder.</p> | |
| <p>Package descriptors have the following fields:</p> | |
| <ul> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>version: The version found in <code>package.json</code></p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>resolved: The place where the package was actually resolved from. In | |
| the case of packages fetched from the registry, this will be a url to a | |
| tarball. In the case of git dependencies, this will be the full git url | |
| with commit sha. In the case of link dependencies, this will be the | |
| location of the link target. <code>registry.npmjs.org</code> is a magic value meaning | |
| "the currently configured registry".</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>integrity: A <code>sha512</code> or <code>sha1</code> <a href="https://w3c.github.io/webappsec/specs/subresourceintegrity/">Standard Subresource | |
| Integrity</a> | |
| string for the artifact that was unpacked in this location.</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>link: A flag to indicate that this is a symbolic link. If this is | |
| present, no other fields are specified, since the link target will also | |
| be included in the lockfile.</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>dev, optional, devOptional: If the package is strictly part of the | |
| <code>devDependencies</code> tree, then <code>dev</code> will be true. If it is strictly part | |
| of the <code>optionalDependencies</code> tree, then <code>optional</code> will be set. If it | |
| is both a <code>dev</code> dependency <em>and</em> an <code>optional</code> dependency of a non-dev | |
| dependency, then <code>devOptional</code> will be set. (An <code>optional</code> dependency of | |
| a <code>dev</code> dependency will have both <code>dev</code> and <code>optional</code> set.)</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>inBundle: A flag to indicate that the package is a bundled dependency.</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>hasInstallScript: A flag to indicate that the package has a <code>preinstall</code>, | |
| <code>install</code>, or <code>postinstall</code> script.</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>hasShrinkwrap: A flag to indicate that the package has an | |
| <code>npm-shrinkwrap.json</code> file.</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>bin, license, engines, dependencies, optionalDependencies: fields from | |
| <code>package.json</code></p> | |
| </li> | |
| </ul> | |
| <h4 id="dependencies">dependencies</h4> | |
| <p>Legacy data for supporting versions of npm that use <code>lockfileVersion: 1</code>. | |
| This is a mapping of package names to dependency objects. Because the | |
| object structure is strictly hierarchical, symbolic link dependencies are | |
| somewhat challenging to represent in some cases.</p> | |
| <p>npm v7 ignores this section entirely if a <code>packages</code> section is present, | |
| but does keep it up to date in order to support switching between npm v6 | |
| and npm v7.</p> | |
| <p>Dependency objects have the following fields:</p> | |
| <ul> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>version: a specifier that varies depending on the nature of the package, | |
| and is usable in fetching a new copy of it.</p> | |
| <ul> | |
| <li>bundled dependencies: Regardless of source, this is a version number | |
| that is purely for informational purposes.</li> | |
| <li>registry sources: This is a version number. (eg, <code>1.2.3</code>)</li> | |
| <li>git sources: This is a git specifier with resolved committish. (eg, | |
| <code>git+https://example.com/foo/bar#115311855adb0789a0466714ed48a1499ffea97e</code>)</li> | |
| <li>http tarball sources: This is the URL of the tarball. (eg, | |
| <code>https://example.com/example-1.3.0.tgz</code>)</li> | |
| <li>local tarball sources: This is the file URL of the tarball. (eg | |
| <code>file:///opt/storage/example-1.3.0.tgz</code>)</li> | |
| <li>local link sources: This is the file URL of the link. (eg | |
| <code>file:libs/our-module</code>)</li> | |
| </ul> | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>integrity: A <code>sha512</code> or <code>sha1</code> <a href="https://w3c.github.io/webappsec/specs/subresourceintegrity/">Standard Subresource | |
| Integrity</a> | |
| string for the artifact that was unpacked in this location. For git | |
| dependencies, this is the commit sha.</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>resolved: For registry sources this is path of the tarball relative to | |
| the registry URL. If the tarball URL isn't on the same server as the | |
| registry URL then this is a complete URL. <code>registry.npmjs.org</code> is a magic | |
| value meaning "the currently configured registry".</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>bundled: If true, this is the bundled dependency and will be installed | |
| by the parent module. When installing, this module will be extracted | |
| from the parent module during the extract phase, not installed as a | |
| separate dependency.</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>dev: If true then this dependency is either a development dependency ONLY | |
| of the top level module or a transitive dependency of one. This is false | |
| for dependencies that are both a development dependency of the top level | |
| and a transitive dependency of a non-development dependency of the top | |
| level.</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>optional: If true then this dependency is either an optional dependency | |
| ONLY of the top level module or a transitive dependency of one. This is | |
| false for dependencies that are both an optional dependency of the top | |
| level and a transitive dependency of a non-optional dependency of the top | |
| level.</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>requires: This is a mapping of module name to version. This is a list of | |
| everything this module requires, regardless of where it will be | |
| installed. The version should match via normal matching rules a | |
| dependency either in our <code>dependencies</code> or in a level higher than us.</p> | |
| </li> | |
| <li> | |
| <p>dependencies: The dependencies of this dependency, exactly as at the top | |
| level.</p> | |
| </li> | |
| </ul> | |
| <h3 id="see-also">See also</h3> | |
| <ul> | |
| <li><a href="../commands/npm-shrinkwrap.html">npm shrinkwrap</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="../configuring-npm/npm-shrinkwrap-json.html">npm-shrinkwrap.json</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="../configuring-npm/package-json.html">package.json</a></li> | |
| <li><a href="../commands/npm-install.html">npm install</a></li> | |
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