npm + git = gpm - Install NPM packages and dependencies from git repositories.
You can install the package globally and use it as command line tool:
# Using npm
npm install --global gpm
# Using yarn
yarn global add gpm
Then, run gpm --help
and see what the CLI tool can do.
$ gpm --help
Usage: gpm [options]
Options:
-i, --input <name|git> The NPM package name or git url.
-u, --url-type <type> The git url type to use (e.g. `https`, `ssh`).
-t, --destination <path> Where to install the package.
-n, --node module destination <folder name> Name of the node_module folder.
-d, --depth <depth> The depth value. Default is Infinity.
-h, --help Displays this help.
-v, --version Displays version information.
Examples:
gpm -i git-stats # Installs git-stats and its dependencies from git repositories.
gpm -i [email protected]:IonicaBizau/git-stats.git # Does the same, but providing the git url
gpm -i . # install the local package dependencies
Documentation can be found at https://github.com/IonicaBizau/gpm
For example, if you want to install git-stats
and its dependencies and subdependencies (recursively), do:
$ gpm -i git-stats
This will create the git-stats
repository in the current working directory.
Here is an example how to use this package as library. To install it locally, as library, you can use npm install gpm
(or yarn add gpm
):
// Dependencies
var Gpm = require("gpm");
// Install uls and its Node modules from git
var pack = new Gpm("[email protected]:IonicaBizau/node-ul.git", {
// Use https
url_type: "https"
// Where to install this stuff?
, dest: __dirname
// Clone git repositories for the 3 level depth in dependency tree
, depth: 2
// ul <- typpy
// <- deffy <- *typpy
//
// *–this will not be a git repository
});
// Start the install
pack.install(function (err, data) {
console.log(err || data);
}, function (m) {
console.log(m);
});
There are few ways to get help:
- Please post questions on Stack Overflow. You can open issues with questions, as long you add a link to your Stack Overflow question.
- For bug reports and feature requests, open issues. 🐛
- For direct and quick help, you can use Codementor. 🚀
For full API reference, see the DOCUMENTATION.md file.
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