Allow for exact dependencies

[RnbWd]

What happened?

I use exact versions for all of my app dependencies. This is really important for me because I need to make sure that the native dependencies are identical to the javascript dependencies in live apps when I use code-push to make changes. It would be really nice to have a setting which would allow me upgrade dependencies with align-deps using exact versioning, instead of the ^ (any patch) versions used by default.

Affected Package

@rnx-kit/align-deps

Version

^2.0.3

Which platforms are you seeing this issue on?

• Android
• iOS
• macOS
• Windows

System Information

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Steps to Reproduce

Try to running yarn check-dependencies or yarn fix-dependencies with libraries in npm that use exact versioning. Meaning no ^ before the version number.

Code of Conduct

• I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct

[tido64]

Hi @RnbWd, all our recommendations are based on profiles you can find in https://github.com/microsoft/rnx-kit/tree/main/packages/align-deps/src/presets/microsoft/react-native. You can also create your own preset. Starting with 2.0, we've made it easier to reuse the built-in ones. For example, you could import them and strip out all the carets like below:

// exactVersionsPreset.js

const { presets } = require("@rnx-kit/align-deps");
const reactNativePreset = presets["microsoft/react-native"];

const profiles = Object.values(reactNativePreset);
for (const profile of profiles) {
  const packages = Object.values(profile);
  for (const pkg of packages) {
    if (pkg.version?.startsWith("^")) {
      pkg.version = pkg.version.slice(1);
    }
  }
}

module.exports = reactNativePreset;

In your config, specify the preset you just made:

 "rnx-kit": {
   "alignDeps": {
     "presets": [
+      "/path/to/exactVersionsPreset.js"
     ],
     "requirements": [
       ...
     ],
     "capabilities": [
       ...
     ]
   }
 }

Since you're using exact dependencies, you'll likely want better control over the versions you use. The custom preset will give you this control.

[tido64]

Closing due to inactivity. If you think this is a mistake, please reply and we'll reopen it.