snippets/old_snippets/npm-i-vs-npm-ci.en.md

title	date	draft	snippet_types
npm i vs npm ci	2020-08-17T11:42:34+02:00	false	npm js

Today I discovered npm ci from a colleague. It does a clean install wiping out the node_modules before installing. For me this is perfect because I often find myself doing

$ rm -rf node_modules && npm i

no need just run npm ci

*note: you'll still want to do npm i when installing packages as npm ci does not update package*..

source:

• https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/install
• https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/ci