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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/content/configuring-npm/package-json.md | 3 |
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diff --git a/docs/content/configuring-npm/package-json.md b/docs/content/configuring-npm/package-json.md index b7759f482..ccdbe041f 100644 --- a/docs/content/configuring-npm/package-json.md +++ b/docs/content/configuring-npm/package-json.md @@ -740,7 +740,8 @@ If a dependency can be used, but you would like npm to proceed if it cannot be found or fails to install, then you may put it in the `optionalDependencies` object. This is a map of package name to version or url, just like the `dependencies` object. The difference is that build failures do not cause -installation to fail. +installation to fail. Running `npm install --no-optional` will prevent these +dependencies from being installed. It is still your program's responsibility to handle the lack of the dependency. For example, something like this: |