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Discussion on: Automatically Install NPM Dependencies on Git Pull

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prabhakarnikhil14

Can't we just run npm install on each pull

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Chris Cook

You mean always running install without checking for lock file changes? Of course that’s an option. I’m using npm’s postinstall lifecycle hook to set up the dev environment (generate code, deploy changes, etc.). So avoiding unnecessary installs is important to me.