npmextra

do more with npm.

npmextra is a hub for a series of js tools that help writing, documenting and maintaining npm modules.

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Usage

The main purpose of npmextra is to configure different tools using one npmextra.json. This way complex setups avaoid complexity through many configuration files.

npmextra.json

{
    "sometool": {
        "defaultKey1": "awesomeValueFromConfig"
    }
}

import * as npmextra from 'npmextra'

npmextra.dataFor({
    toolName:'sometool',
    defaultSettings: { // gets merged with whatever is in the configfile
        defaultKey1: 'defaultValue1', // so this will get overwritten with "awesomeValueFromConfig"
        defaultKey2: 'defaultValue2' // this one will pass through unaltered
    },
    cwd?: string // lets you specifiy a custom current working directory to look for the npmextra.json
})