lazabogdan/npm-install-from

Install dependencies from an external package.json into the current directory.

npm-install-from

Install dependencies from an external package.json into the current directory.

Usage

Install

npm install lazabogdan/npm-install-from

Run

node_modules/.bin/npm-install-from --path some/relative/path/

Where some/relative/path is a relative path to a directory that contains the package.json you want to install dependencies from.

Why

I use this module with projects that benefit from multiple task runner workflows, for example projects that can have both gulp AND grunt tasks.

So, instead of adding all of the grunt/gulp workflows dependencies to the project's package.json, I actually keep separate package.json files for each workflow, one for grunt and one for gulp.

Then, if I'd like to use the gulp workflow, I can simply run npm-install-from --path path/to/gulp-workflow/directory/ and my colleagues who prefer grunt can use grunt instead of gulp, without having to also install tons of dependencies required by the gulp workflow.