Bump and Synchronize Versions

When you apply audit fixes, or install new dependencies, package manager only updates minor updates in package-lock.json. This tool will also update package.json to match the versions installed in package-lock.json.

Additionally, if you made any dependency changes in the local branch against the main branch, it will show you the differences between the current package.json and the version in the main branch.

A Node.js CLI tool that automatically updates your package.json dependencies to match the versions installed in your package-lock.json while maintaining semantic versioning compatibility.

Also checks and shows differences between the current package.json and the version in the main branch.

Features

• 🔄 Automatically updates dependencies to match installed versions
• 🔒 Maintains semantic versioning compatibility
• 📊 Provides detailed version change reports
• 🔍 Compares changes with git history
• ⚡ Supports all dependency types (dependencies, devDependencies, peerDependencies, optionalDependencies)

Installation

Currently only works with npm (and requires package-lock.json).

npm install -D bump-sync-deps

Usage

Simply run the command in your project directory:

bump-sync-deps

The tool will:

1. Read your package.json and package-lock.json
2. Update dependency versions while maintaining caret (^) versioning
3. Only update versions within the same major version to maintain compatibility
4. Generate a detailed report of all changes
5. Compare changes with git history (if available)

How It Works

The tool:

• Preserves caret (^) versioning in your package.json
• Only updates versions within the same major version to prevent breaking changes
• Compares changes with your git history to show what versions were updated
• Categorizes changes into major, minor, and patch updates

Example Output

Updated dequal: ^2.0.2 -> ^2.0.3
Updated markdown-to-jsx: ^7.1.7 -> ^7.5.0
Updated sanitize-html: ^2.7.1 -> ^2.13.0
Updated tslib: ^2.4.0 -> ^2.6.2
Updated @babel/core: ^7.17.10 -> ^7.24.5
✅ Successfully updated package.json with latest installed versions

📜 Comparing with previous git version...

Dependencies:
  Major changes (1):
    - react: ^17.0.0 → ^18.0.0
  Minor changes (2):
    - typescript: ^4.5.0 → ^4.6.0
    - tailwindcss: ^3.0.0 → ^3.1.0
  Patch changes (1):
    - @types/node: ^16.0.0 → ^16.0.1

DevDependencies:
  Minor changes (1):
    - jest: ^27.0.0 → ^27.1.0

Requirements

• Node.js 12 or higher
• A project with both package.json and package-lock.json files
• Git (optional, for version comparison)

License

MIT

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request.