Prevent committing lockfiles

• Lockfiles are for apps, not for libraries/packages
• Listing lockfiles in .gitignore is considered a bad approach
• Unstaging only will introduce new problems
• Uses force-del to get rid of lockfiles
• No need to force contributors to use npm or yarn
• No need to use 2 extra dot files (.npmrc and .yarnrc) to avoid generating lockfiles
• Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows

npm install --save-dev remove-lockfiles

Install husky:

npm install husky --save-dev

Edit package.json to include this configuration:

{
  "scripts": {
    "precommit": "remove-lockfiles"
  }
}

Looking for alternative to husky? We can also use remove-lockfiles with pre-commit.

Install remove-lockfiles globally:

npm install --global remove-lockfiles

Run the script:

$ remove-lockfiles --help

  Usage
    $ remove-lockfiles [path|options]

  Options
    --shrinkwrap  Remove `npm-shrinkwrap.json` if found

  Examples
    $ remove-lockfiles
    $ remove-lockfiles ../foo
    $ remove-lockfiles --shrinkwrap
    $ remove-lockfiles --shrinkwrap ../foo

Returns Promise<Array> of deleted lockfiles.

Type: Object

Type: string
Default: process.cwd()

Current working directory.

Type: boolean
Default: false

Set to true to remove npm-shrinkwrap.json.

• del-nm-cli － Delete node_modules and lockfiles
• force-del － Force delete files or folders using glob patterns
• has-lockfile － Detect lockfiles in the working directory

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