Shows available updates in package.json. Offers quick actions to guide you in your updating.

The available updates are shown as color coded decoration to the right of each line.

The extension adds code actions that are available through the quick fix-command. Default keyboard shortcut is "ctrl + ."

These quick actions can update the dependency, but also links to the homepage and, if found, the changelog.

The extension will pick up your npm configurations and use them, so it works with proxies, private npm registries and scopes.

The extension also adds a command to update all dependencies in the package.json file.

It is possible to add a regexp of dependencies that should be ignored by the extension.

It is also possible to add semver ranges for versions that you wish to ignore. Lets say your application uses node v15. Then you can specify to ignore ">=16" for "@types/node".

A config is available to control if the updates should always be shown when a package.json is opened, or if they should only be shown after triggering a command called "Toggle showing package.json available updates". This can be useful if you find that this extension is in the way when you are doing other work in your package.json file.

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