@creative-web-solution/front-package-watcher v1.0.1

Frontend Package.json change watcher

Check if the package.json has changed and warn the user.

Gulp tasks

import watcher from 'front-package-watcher/watcher/gulp-watcher.js'

gulp.task(
    'check-package',
    () => {
        return gulp
                .src( 'package.json' )
                .pipe( watcher() );
    }
);

gulp.task(
    'save-package',
    () => {
        return gulp
        .src( 'package.json' )
        .pipe( watcher( 'update-cache' ) );
    }
);

Check command

To check if the package change:

$ gulp check-package

Cache update command

After a package install, run:

$ gulp save-package

It will update the cached file which we compare to.

Auto cache update

Add the cache update command in the postinstall property of the npm-scripts:

{
    ...,
    "scripts": {
        "postinstall": "gulp save-package"
    },
    ...
}

Options

You can list the properties to check in the options.

These are the default options:

    watcher( {
        "properties": [ 'dependencies', 'devDependencies' ]
    } );