@reggi/dep-pointer

Summary

This is a two-part-module @reggi/dep-pointer-cli.

This is a CLI tool / Node.js function built to be used with monorepos using lerna.

lerna has an undocumented feature where it converts a package.json file where dependencies with a file-specifiers (file://../my-package) are swapped for the version that the actual package reference is set to.

For instance this line in package.json:

"@reggi/journey": "file:../journey"

Would be switched to something like this right before the module was published:

"@reggi/journey": "2.18.23"

How

This module will search for the directory where a lerna configuration file exists, and use that as a point of reference, then it creates a backup of the package.json and changes all the specifiers in all the pacakges. The function is async. Below are some examples.

import depPointer from '@reggi/dep-pointer'

depPointer({workingDir}) // with no arguments but in directory with package
depPointer({workingDir, backupLocal: false}) // with no arguments but in directory with package (no backup)
depPointer({workingDir, packageName: 'module-three'}) // in parent dir with passed in updatePackage
depPointer({workingDir, all: true}) // updateAll
depPointer({workingDir, changed: true}) // updateChanged