cp-dep

A command-line tool to view or copy an npm package's dependencies.

$ cp-dep <path-to-old-project> [options]

Installation

Install globally with npm.

$ npm i -g cp-dep

Features

• Print dependencies to the console
• Copy dependencies to the clipboard as an npm install command
  • All dependencies
  • Full dependencies only
  • Dev dependencies only

How to use

Use the keyword cp-dep and provide a path to a package.json file.

Options

• -p, --path: The path of the package.json you want to copy. Path defaults to the current directory if none is provided.
• -f, --full: View/Copy only full dependencies.
• -d, --dev: View/Copy only dev dependencies.
• -c, --copy: Copy the npm install command to the clipboard.
• -x, --suppress: Do not print the packages to the console.
• -h, --help: Show the help file.
• -u, --upgrade: Use current release for packages

Examples

1. Copy all dependencies of a project from the current directory.

   $ cp-dep -c

2. View the dev dependencies of a project on your desktop.

   $ cp-dep ~/Desktop/myProject/package.json --dev

3. Copy only the full dependencies from a project in your Documents folder, but don't print the results.

   $ cp-dep ~/Documents/myOtherProject/ -cfx

4. Copy all dependencies from the project in your current folder and upgrade to the newest versions.

   $ cp-dep -cu

Tests

To run the test suite, clone the repo, install the dependencies, then run npm test:

$ git clone https://github.com/RobertMcReed/cp-dep.git
$ npm i
$ npm test

Future Release Features

1. Install dependencies for a project at a given directory.
2. Flag to selectively choose which packages to include in the copy command.

Change Log

• 1.0.0

  • Initial release

• 1.0.1

  • Readme command typos fixed

• 2.0.1

  • Directory now defaults to the current directory
  • --type flag replaced with --dev and --full
  • clipboardy dependency replaced with copy-paste

• 3.0.0

  • Install script now maintains the versioning of the copied dependencies
  • Use the -u flag to upgrade all packages to the newest versions

• 3.0.1

  • Fixed ^ slice issue with versioning

License

MIT

Contact

Email, GitHub, LinkedIn