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npm-link-better

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npm-link-better

npm link with extra features, such as:

  • --quick to link without installing dependencies

  • --save (/--saveDev/Peer/Optional) to save the linked dependency in your package.json.

  • --copy to copy files individually instead of linking

Formerly npm-link-quick, npm-link-save, and npm-link-copy all now combined into this as a drop-in replacement.

Install

npm install --global npm-link-better

Usage

npm-link-better --quick
# or
nlq
npm-link-better --save <dependency>
# or
nls <dependency>
npm-link-better --copy <dependency>
# or
nlc <dependency>

Bonus Features:

  • (Use npm-link-quick --zelda flag to link all packages in a dir (inspired by https://github.com/feross/zelda))