force-resolutions

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This package modifies package-lock.json to force the installation of specified versions of a set of transitive dependencies (dependencies of dependencies).

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1. Add a field resolutions with the dependency version you want to fix at the main level of your package.json.

Example:

``json
"resolutions": {
"ssri": "8.0.5"
}
`

2. Add force-resolutions to the preinstall script so that it patches the package-lock.json file before every npm install:

`json
"scripts": {
"preinstall": "npx force-resolutions"
}
`

3. Install dependencies

`shell
npm install
`

Remember that whenever you run npm install, the preinstall command will run automatically.

If a package.lock.json is not detected the script will not run, and any other command after it will be executed as normal.

4. To confirm that the right version of the package you are trying to override was installed, use:

`shell
npm ls ssri
`

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NodeJS and NPM versions
NodeJS version:

`shell
v16.13.1
`

NPM version:

`shell
8.1.2
`

Instructions

1. Install the dependencies of the project:

`shell
npm install
`

2. Build the project:

`shell
npm run build
`

3. Go to the dist folder

`shell
cd dist
`

3. Copy a package.json and a package-lock.json file into the dist folder

4. Add a resolutions field in the package.json and inside of it a package to override

5. Run the compiled file

`shell
node index.js
`

5. Search in the package-lock.json to see that the versions of the packages are updated

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This project was created because npm-force-resolutions became not suitable for the necesities the team I was working in had. We needed to avoid triggering the execution of the script when there was no package-lock.json`, descriptive error logs, descriptive logs during the execution, faster download times, compatibility with multiple npm versions and faster execution times.

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To simplify communication I have created a discord community, if you detect an issue with this package or want to improve it in some way, you can contact me here:

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This project was inspired by the next package: npm-force-resolutions.

Special thanks to Denis Gulin for contributing to fix issues that were happening with the package and improving the code.