npmextra/README.md
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# npmextra
do more with npm.
npmextra is a hub for a series of js tools that help writing, documenting and maintaining npm modules.
## Availabililty
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## Status for master
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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
```json
{
"sometool": {
"defaultKey1": "awesomeValueFromConfig"
}
}
```
```typescript
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
})
```
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