This is an experimental package used to locally install npm packages from your system instead of using npm link. With this package, nothing is installed globally. You create a 'directlinks' object in your package.json, which handles installing, updating, and removing.

This package essentially uninstalls and re-installs packages when you use the --update flag. It also has the option to symlink entry points, but this feature is highly unstable and will likely cause problems depending on your package.

Warning

If you have symlinked entry points, dependency changes to your linked package will be silently ignored.

Usage

npm install --save-dev @mmorrissey5961/directlink

"directlinks": {
    "../../foo": []
}

To symlink an entry point, add it to the entry points array.

"directlinks": {
    "../../foo": ["index.js"]
}

Install all packages in directlinks

npx directlink --update

Remove a linked package from directlinks

npx directlink --remove foo

Remove all linked pakages in directlinks

npx directlink --clean