@xarunoba/clai

@xarunoba/clai

clai — check lockfiles and install

Run package installation after checking for lockfile updates. Integrate with git hooks. Supports npm, pnpm, and yarn. Uses git and any of the supported package managers under the hood.

Why

Using a bot to update dependencies is becoming widespread. Installing after pulling from your remote repository is now needed in order to synchronize your local modules. clai fixes this issue by checking for lockfile updates and running install.

Installation

npm

npm install -D @xarunoba/clai
# run locally
npx clai

pnpm

pnpm install -D @xarunoba/clai
# run locally
pnpm clai

yarn

yarn add --dev @xarunoba/clai
# run locally
yarn run clai

Usage

npm

npx @xarunoba/clai

pnpm

pnpm dlx @xarunoba/clai

yarn

yarn dlx @xarunoba/clai

flags

You can add the following flags for clai:

• -v, --version — Show version number
• -h, --help — Show help
• -c, --cleaninstall — use ci (npm) or --frozen-lockfile (pnpm, yarn) when installing
• -s, --strict — Will immediately exit if any issues are found
• -q, --quiet — Will not log anything to the console

Integrations

With simple-git-hooks

Integrating with simple-git-hooks is easy as a toasted bread:

// package.json
{
  ...
  "simple-git-hooks": {
    // I prefer always using the latest version of clai
    // instead of installing it as a dev dependency.
    // If you have installed it locally, you can use:
    // "post-merge": "npx clai"
    "post-merge": "npx @xarunoba/clai"
  }
  ...
}