nswap v1.0.0

Share your project between Windows and Bash on Windows (also known as Ubuntu on Windows or LXSS) and swap between different node_module directories.

If you have a

Installation

$ npm install -g nswap

This will give you a global nswap command that you can use in any project directory.

You'll probably want to add node_modules-win and node_modules-lxss to your .gitignore (either local or global).

USAGE

--info

print out info about current project directory

$ nswap --info
"node_modules" is a directory - run "nswap --init"

$ nswap --info
"node_modules" is linked to "node_modules-win"

$ nswap --info
"node_modules" is probably linked to "node_modules-lxss"

$ nswap --info
"node_modules" doesn't exist

--init

rename existing node_modules to platform-specific directory (renames to node_modules-win or node_modules-lxss)

Run this command in a project directory before running --link

$ nswap --init
moving "node_modules" to "node_modules-win"

--link

link the platform-appropriate directory as node_modules

In Windows:

$ nswap --link
activating win32

In LXSS:

$ nswap --link
activating *nix

NOTE: This needs to be run from within the environment that needs the link.

e.g. Windows will only link the node_modules-win and *nix will only link node_modules-lxss. Because of the way the filesystem works Windows cannot link node_modules-lxss -> node_modules

--unlink

remove the node_modules link (either Windows junction or *nix symlink).

$ nswap --unlink
unlinked "node_modules"

It won't delete your real node_modules directory:

$ nswap --unlink
"node_modules" already exists as a real directory. Move or delete this to continue.

If there is no output then the link didn't exist and nothing was done.

Cleanup

If you want to