Manpages - npm-shrinkwrap-json.5

npm-shrinkwrap.json is a file created by npm help npm shrinkwrap . It is identical to package-lock.json, with one major caveat: Unlike package-lock.json, npm-shrinkwrap.json may be included when publishing a package.

The recommended use-case for npm-shrinkwrap.json is applications deployed through the publishing process on the registry: for example, daemons and command-line tools intended as global installs or devDependencies . It’s strongly discouraged for library authors to publish this file, since that would prevent end users from having control over transitive dependency updates.

If both package-lock.json and npm-shrinkwrap.json are present in a package root, npm-shrinkwrap.json will be preferred over the package-lock.json file.

For full details and description of the npm-shrinkwrap.json file format, refer to the manual page for npm help package-lock.json.

• npm help shrinkwrap
• npm help package-lock.json
• npm help package.json
• npm help install