If you still are not aware, node v16.9.0 and v14.19.0 was launched with corepack https://nodejs.org/api/corepack.html. A developer can use Corepack to define alternative package managers like yarn
and pnpm
.
Node will then automatically get the required version of the package manger.
Corepack can also be installed as a global package on earlier node versions.
Benefits
Using package managers this way has two main benefits
- Easily synchronize package manager and their versions amongst developers. Though yarn 2+ solves this issue in its own way.
- No install step required for the package managers.
Enable
It's much easier to understand with an example.
On a machine with node installed
corepack enable
and that is it!. Now the required package manger will be available when executed.
If corepack is not found in your system, then you can install it as a global package
npm i -g corepack
Use
For example, now to create a new project with yarn, in a folder just execute
yarn init -2
Similarly you are free to use pnpm
https://pnpm.io/ as well.
Update package.json
A new field in package.json
has been introduced to fix a project to a particular package manager version.
{
name: 'yarn-test',
packageManager: 'yarn@3.2.0'
}
This ensures that every developer in your team will use the same version of the package manager.
Running the same version
The major work is all done!
Just run your package manager inside your repo and it should run the version defined in your package.json
For example if the package.json
had
{
...
"packageManager": "pnpm@6.32.2"
}
Running pnpm in this project will use the same version.
pnpm -v
6.32.2
Conclusions
I wish I had more to say, but corepack makes switching to other package managers a breeze. What qualities distinguish your preferred package manager?
Originally posted on mein.in
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