Lib-manager NPM

lib-manager

Fighting the villanous `npm link` command

Module that manages local npm modules and cross linking. This module was built to solve the problem of linking local modules. In my development, I often segregate independent code into npm modules of their own with a package.json in their respective folders, to enable usage of require statements like: import {variable} from 'mylocalModule'; instead of: import {variable} from '../../../common/modules/myLocalModule';

Running the local-link command in your main project will locate all sub-directories with a package.json file, run npm link at their respective folders, and then npm link all your local modules to the parent application after.

Usage

###Automated postinstall

npm install lib-manager --save-dev

Best way to use this module is to include the local-link command from your app's node_modules\.bin folder as part of your postinstall script in your main package.json, like so:

{  
    "name": "myModule",  
    "version": "1.0.0",
    "description": "README",
    "main": "index.js",
    "scripts": {
        "postinstall": "./node_modules/.bin/local-link",
	"test": ""
     }
}

###Command line utility

npm install lib-manager -g

You can run the command line utility by invoking local-link in your parent app directory.