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npm ci is a command in the npm CLI that Installs a project with a clean slate. This command is similar to npm-install, except it’s meant to be used in automated environments. This tag should be used for questions specifically relating to the npm ci command, and not the npm install command.

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What is the difference between "npm install" and "npm ci"?

I'm working with continuous integration and discovered the npm ci command. I can't figure what the advantages are of using this command for my workflow. Is it faster? Does it make the test harder, okay, and after?
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npm: When to use `--force` and `--legacy-peer-deps`

I'm new to npm and am trying to understand how recreating the node_modules directory for deployment works. We're using npm ci instead of npm install to ensure a clean slate during deployment. However, when we run it without any flags, we get the…
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Is there a way of making "npm ci" install devDependencies, or "npm install" not update package-lock.json?

I'm trying to put together documentation for new developers installing our codebase on their local development environments. I'd like to give them command(s) that: Installs both devDependencies and dependencies based on the versions in…
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How I can skip installing optional dependencies by 'npm ci'?

How I can skip installing optional dependencies from package-lock.json by npm ci?
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Using "npm ci" instead of "npm install" for deterministic project setup

Given a project where the package-lock.json is managed in source control with the goal that all developers on the team get exactly the same dependencies. From the documentation of npm I think developers should use npm ci to set up their development…
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couldn't run npm ci

node.js - v12.16.2 npm - 6.14.4 OS - windows 10 When I run npm ci i get error. The complete error log: npm WARN prepare removing existing node_modules/ before installation > fsevents@1.2.4 install G:\Agrima\workspace\VoTT\node_modules\fsevents >…
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npm ci in Jenkins parallel pipeline

I've got a monorepo with roughly the following structure (npm modules): myProject |-base |-ui1 |-ui2 In the base module I have all the stuff combined which my ui1 and ui2 projects use commonly. I use npm local paths to add the base module as a…
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Running "npm ci" when building docker image is much slower

I tried to run npm ci command using the same package.json and package-lock.json files in three different environments: docker host machine - takes ~27s to complete inside a docker container - takes ~32s to complete during building a docker image -…
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npm ci not working on bitbucket pipeline?

I have a react-native project and I'm trying to use bitbucket pipeline to run the tests and export to expo. For that I tried to follow this article, but it fail with the following output : + npm ci npm ERR! path git npm ERR! code ENOENT npm ERR!…
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NPM audit not finding vulnerabilities

I have a CI service that runs npm audit on every build and notifies if there are high-risk vulnerabilities. The strange thing is when CI reports high vulnerabilities when I run npm audit locally, it says found 0 vulnerabilities. It will find the…
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How do you deploy a continuous running app when using npm-cli

I have a largish nodejs based web app, with both server and client components working together. I am currently deploying the app, but using git pull to take my latest production branch from the server repository. A git post-commit hook runs to do…
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Did "npm install" become deterministic in npm 7?

Here https://github.blog/2021-02-02-npm-7-is-now-generally-available/ it's said: The lockfile v2 unlocks the ability to do deterministic and reproducible builds to produce a package tree. But I wonder is it the default behavior now for npm 7? That…
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Bypass NPM cache, if the module that I'm looking for is not there

While working with NPM and its cache, I noticed that -sometimes- when the newest version of a certain package is not in the cache, npm ci errors out without bypassing NPM cache. Is there a way to tell NPM something like "If the package you're…
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Gitlab CI - caching Node.js dependencies

I'm having significant problems trying to reuse the packages installed with npm ci between jobs. I have been following this documentation: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/caching/#cache-nodejs-dependencies, but the packages are reinstalled each step…
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why do we require node-sass package? is there any substitute for the same?

I am trying to make a jenkins build happen and helping a developer. the job is npm based appstatic build job that has the unit testing and e2e testing stages. the unit test requires the npm rebuild node-sass command, which is giving the following…
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