I am just wondering - is there a downside to doing this locking down of dependencies by default?
Yes. You cannot use npm update to automatically update based on the semver. I prefer using package-lock.json to lock versions.
npm update
Thanks. Will look more into it.
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I am just wondering - is there a downside to doing this locking down of dependencies by default?
Yes. You cannot use
npm updateto automatically update based on the semver. I prefer using package-lock.json to lock versions.Thanks. Will look more into it.