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NPM-SHRINKWRAP.JSON

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npm-shrinkwrap.json

Description

npm-shrinkwrap.json is a file created by npm shrinkwrap . It is identical to
package-lock.json
, with one major caveat: Unlike package-lock.json ,
npm-shrinkwrap.json
may be included when publishing a package.

The recommended use-case for npm-shrinkwrap.json is applications deployed
through the publishing process on the registry: for example, daemons and
command-line tools intended as global installs or devDependencies . It’s
strongly discouraged for library authors to publish this file, since that
would prevent end users from having control over transitive dependency
updates.

If both package-lock.json and npm-shrinkwrap.json are present in a
package root, npm-shrinkwrap.json will be preferred over the
package-lock.json
file.

For full details and description of the npm-shrinkwrap.json file format,
refer to the manual page for
package-lock.json.

See also

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npm shrinkwrap

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package-lock.json

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package.json

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npm install