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- <h1 id="npm-init">npm-init</h1>
- <span class="description">Create a package.json file</span>
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- <h2 id="table-of-contents">Table of contents</h2>
- <div id="_table_of_contents"><ul><li><a href="#synopsis">Synopsis</a></li><li><a href="#description">Description</a></li><ul><li><a href="#forwarding-additional-options">Forwarding additional options</a></li></ul><li><a href="#examples">Examples</a></li><li><a href="#workspaces-support">Workspaces support</a></li><li><a href="#configuration">Configuration</a></li><ul><li><a href="#yes"><code>yes</code></a></li><li><a href="#force"><code>force</code></a></li><li><a href="#workspace"><code>workspace</code></a></li><li><a href="#workspaces"><code>workspaces</code></a></li><li><a href="#include-workspace-root"><code>include-workspace-root</code></a></li></ul><li><a href="#see-also">See Also</a></li></ul></div>
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- <div id="_content"><h3 id="synopsis">Synopsis</h3>
- <pre lang="bash"><code>npm init [--yes|-y|--scope]
- npm init <@scope> (same as `npm exec <@scope>/create`)
- npm init [<@scope>/]<name> (same as `npm exec [<@scope>/]create-<name>`)
- npm init [-w <dir>] [args...]
- </code></pre>
- <h3 id="description">Description</h3>
- <p><code>npm init <initializer></code> can be used to set up a new or existing npm
- package.</p>
- <p><code>initializer</code> in this case is an npm package named <code>create-<initializer></code>,
- which will be installed by <a href="../commands/npm-exec.html"><code>npm-exec</code></a>, and then have its
- main bin executed – presumably creating or updating <code>package.json</code> and
- running any other initialization-related operations.</p>
- <p>The init command is transformed to a corresponding <code>npm exec</code> operation as
- follows:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>npm init foo</code> -> <code>npm exec create-foo</code></li>
- <li><code>npm init @usr/foo</code> -> <code>npm exec @usr/create-foo</code></li>
- <li><code>npm init @usr</code> -> <code>npm exec @usr/create</code></li>
- </ul>
- <p>If the initializer is omitted (by just calling <code>npm init</code>), init will fall
- back to legacy init behavior. It will ask you a bunch of questions, and
- then write a package.json for you. It will attempt to make reasonable
- guesses based on existing fields, dependencies, and options selected. It is
- strictly additive, so it will keep any fields and values that were already
- set. You can also use <code>-y</code>/<code>--yes</code> to skip the questionnaire altogether. If
- you pass <code>--scope</code>, it will create a scoped package.</p>
- <h4 id="forwarding-additional-options">Forwarding additional options</h4>
- <p>Any additional options will be passed directly to the command, so <code>npm init foo -- --hello</code> will map to <code>npm exec -- create-foo --hello</code>.</p>
- <p>To better illustrate how options are forwarded, here’s a more evolved
- example showing options passed to both the <strong>npm cli</strong> and a create package,
- both following commands are equivalent:</p>
- <ul>
- <li><code>npm init foo -y --registry=<url> -- --hello -a</code></li>
- <li><code>npm exec -y --registry=<url> -- create-foo --hello -a</code></li>
- </ul>
- <h3 id="examples">Examples</h3>
- <p>Create a new React-based project using
- <a href="https://npm.im/create-react-app"><code>create-react-app</code></a>:</p>
- <pre lang="bash"><code>$ npm init react-app ./my-react-app
- </code></pre>
- <p>Create a new <code>esm</code>-compatible package using
- <a href="https://npm.im/create-esm"><code>create-esm</code></a>:</p>
- <pre lang="bash"><code>$ mkdir my-esm-lib && cd my-esm-lib
- $ npm init esm --yes
- </code></pre>
- <p>Generate a plain old package.json using legacy init:</p>
- <pre lang="bash"><code>$ mkdir my-npm-pkg && cd my-npm-pkg
- $ git init
- $ npm init
- </code></pre>
- <p>Generate it without having it ask any questions:</p>
- <pre lang="bash"><code>$ npm init -y
- </code></pre>
- <h3 id="workspaces-support">Workspaces support</h3>
- <p>It’s possible to create a new workspace within your project by using the
- <code>workspace</code> config option. When using <code>npm init -w <dir></code> the cli will
- create the folders and boilerplate expected while also adding a reference
- to your project <code>package.json</code> <code>"workspaces": []</code> property in order to make
- sure that new generated <strong>workspace</strong> is properly set up as such.</p>
- <p>Given a project with no workspaces, e.g:</p>
- <pre><code>.
- +-- package.json
- </code></pre>
- <p>You may generate a new workspace using the legacy init:</p>
- <pre lang="bash"><code>$ npm init -w packages/a
- </code></pre>
- <p>That will generate a new folder and <code>package.json</code> file, while also updating
- your top-level <code>package.json</code> to add the reference to this new workspace:</p>
- <pre><code>.
- +-- package.json
- `-- packages
- `-- a
- `-- package.json
- </code></pre>
- <p>The workspaces init also supports the <code>npm init <initializer> -w <dir></code>
- syntax, following the same set of rules explained earlier in the initial
- <strong>Description</strong> section of this page. Similar to the previous example of
- creating a new React-based project using
- <a href="https://npm.im/create-react-app"><code>create-react-app</code></a>, the following syntax
- will make sure to create the new react app as a nested <strong>workspace</strong> within your
- project and configure your <code>package.json</code> to recognize it as such:</p>
- <pre lang="bash"><code>npm init -w packages/my-react-app react-app .
- </code></pre>
- <p>This will make sure to generate your react app as expected, one important
- consideration to have in mind is that <code>npm exec</code> is going to be run in the
- context of the newly created folder for that workspace, and that’s the reason
- why in this example the initializer uses the initializer name followed with a
- dot to represent the current directory in that context, e.g: <code>react-app .</code>:</p>
- <pre><code>.
- +-- package.json
- `-- packages
- +-- a
- | `-- package.json
- `-- my-react-app
- +-- README
- +-- package.json
- `-- ...
- </code></pre>
- <h3 id="configuration">Configuration</h3>
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- <h4 id="yes"><code>yes</code></h4>
- <ul>
- <li>Default: null</li>
- <li>Type: null or Boolean</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Automatically answer “yes” to any prompts that npm might print on the
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- <ul>
- <li>Default: false</li>
- <li>Type: Boolean</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Removes various protections against unfortunate side effects, common
- mistakes, unnecessary performance degradation, and malicious input.</p>
- <ul>
- <li>Allow clobbering non-npm files in global installs.</li>
- <li>Allow the <code>npm version</code> command to work on an unclean git repository.</li>
- <li>Allow deleting the cache folder with <code>npm cache clean</code>.</li>
- <li>Allow installing packages that have an <code>engines</code> declaration requiring a
- different version of npm.</li>
- <li>Allow installing packages that have an <code>engines</code> declaration requiring a
- different version of <code>node</code>, even if <code>--engine-strict</code> is enabled.</li>
- <li>Allow <code>npm audit fix</code> to install modules outside your stated dependency
- range (including SemVer-major changes).</li>
- <li>Allow unpublishing all versions of a published package.</li>
- <li>Allow conflicting peerDependencies to be installed in the root project.</li>
- <li>Implicitly set <code>--yes</code> during <code>npm init</code>.</li>
- <li>Allow clobbering existing values in <code>npm pkg</code></li>
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- <p>If you don’t have a clear idea of what you want to do, it is strongly
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- <ul>
- <li>Default:</li>
- <li>Type: String (can be set multiple times)</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Enable running a command in the context of the configured workspaces of the
- current project while filtering by running only the workspaces defined by
- this configuration option.</p>
- <p>Valid values for the <code>workspace</code> config are either:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>Workspace names</li>
- <li>Path to a workspace directory</li>
- <li>Path to a parent workspace directory (will result in selecting all
- workspaces within that folder)</li>
- </ul>
- <p>When set for the <code>npm init</code> command, this may be set to the folder of a
- workspace which does not yet exist, to create the folder and set it up as a
- brand new workspace within the project.</p>
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- <li>Default: null</li>
- <li>Type: null or Boolean</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Set to true to run the command in the context of <strong>all</strong> configured
- workspaces.</p>
- <p>Explicitly setting this to false will cause commands like <code>install</code> to
- ignore workspaces altogether. When not set explicitly:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>Commands that operate on the <code>node_modules</code> tree (install, update, etc.)
- will link workspaces into the <code>node_modules</code> folder. - Commands that do
- other things (test, exec, publish, etc.) will operate on the root project,
- <em>unless</em> one or more workspaces are specified in the <code>workspace</code> config.</li>
- </ul>
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- <ul>
- <li>Default: false</li>
- <li>Type: Boolean</li>
- </ul>
- <p>Include the workspace root when workspaces are enabled for a command.</p>
- <p>When false, specifying individual workspaces via the <code>workspace</code> config, or
- all workspaces via the <code>workspaces</code> flag, will cause npm to operate only on
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- <h3 id="see-also">See Also</h3>
- <ul>
- <li><a href="http://npm.im/init-package-json">init-package-json module</a></li>
- <li><a href="../configuring-npm/package-json.html">package.json</a></li>
- <li><a href="../commands/npm-version.html">npm version</a></li>
- <li><a href="../using-npm/scope.html">npm scope</a></li>
- <li><a href="../commands/npm-exec.html">npm exec</a></li>
- <li><a href="../using-npm/workspaces.html">npm workspaces</a></li>
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