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| author | isaacs <i@izs.me> | 2014-05-24 02:21:09 +0400 |
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| committer | isaacs <i@izs.me> | 2014-05-24 02:26:11 +0400 |
| commit | bb34bf2737d0ab57ce1140501f5d303b29de6308 (patch) | |
| tree | 26c47f685f30d08042dbf6a76e56abba85237ede /doc | |
| parent | ed3abf1aa10000f0f687330e976d78d1955557f6 (diff) | |
doc per-project .npmrc file
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/files/npmrc.md | 14 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/misc/npm-config.md | 3 |
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/files/npmrc.md b/doc/files/npmrc.md index e65f722fd..ba57a6f2c 100644 --- a/doc/files/npmrc.md +++ b/doc/files/npmrc.md @@ -13,8 +13,9 @@ For a list of available configuration options, see npm-config(7). ## FILES -The three relevant files are: +The four relevant files are: +* per-project config file (/path/to/my/project/.npmrc) * per-user config file (~/.npmrc) * global config file ($PREFIX/npmrc) * npm builtin config file (/path/to/npm/npmrc) @@ -29,6 +30,17 @@ Each of these files is loaded, and config options are resolved in priority order. For example, a setting in the userconfig file would override the setting in the globalconfig file. +### Per-project config file + +When working locally in a project, a `.npmrc` file in the root of the +project (ie, a sibling of `node_modules` and `package.json`) will set +config values specific to this project. + +Note that this only applies to the root of the project that you're +running npm in. It has no effect when your module is published. For +example, you can't publish a module that forces itself to install +globally, or in a different location. + ### Per-user config file `$HOME/.npmrc` (or the `userconfig` param, if set in the environment diff --git a/doc/misc/npm-config.md b/doc/misc/npm-config.md index 4792d808f..b49e98736 100644 --- a/doc/misc/npm-config.md +++ b/doc/misc/npm-config.md @@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ same. ### npmrc Files -The three relevant files are: +The four relevant files are: +* per-project config file (/path/to/my/project/.npmrc) * per-user config file (~/.npmrc) * global config file ($PREFIX/npmrc) * npm builtin config file (/path/to/npm/npmrc) |