package-lock.json version not updated correctly

[sdankel]

Newer versions of npm require updating package-lock.json in two places, like this:

--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "my-pkg",
-  "version": "0.3.1",
+  "version": "0.3.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "my-pkg",
-      "version": "0.3.1",
+      "version": "0.3.2",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {

however, adding package-lock.json to the version-file property only results in the version being updated on one line:

--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "my-pkg",
-  "version": "0.3.1",
+  "version": "0.3.2",
   "lockfileVersion": 2,

What would be better is if there was a pre-commit hook that runs a bash command (npm i in this case) to update the package-lock.json. It looks like the pre-commit hook only accept a js script right now.

[TriPSs]

You could ofc inside that pre-commit hook script run that command

[dhaakchg]

I am interested in this behavior too, could you elaborate on what you mean by "ofc" ?

[TriPSs]

That you can do anything you want inside the pre-commit script, so if you want to run a command you can do that there.

[dhaakchg]

@sdankel setting the following as a pre-commit script is working fine for me. Obviously change the cwd line to suit your needs. I have it as pre-commit: .github/workflows/version-pre-commit.js

const { execSync } = require('child_process')
const path = require('path')

exports.preCommit = (props) => {
    const command = 'HUSKY=0 npm i'
    try {
        console.log(`Bumping package-lock.json to ${props.version} by execing: npm i in ${path.join(__dirname, '../..')}`)
        const stdout = execSync(command, { cwd: path.join(__dirname, '../..') })
        console.log(stdout.toString())
    } catch (err) {
        console.log(`${command} failed, error: ${err.message}`)
        process.exit(1)
    }
}

[sdankel]

@sdankel setting the following as a pre-commit script is working fine for me. Obviously change the cwd line to suit your needs. I have it as pre-commit: .github/workflows/version-pre-commit.js

const { execSync } = require('child_process')
const path = require('path')

exports.preCommit = (props) => {
    const command = 'HUSKY=0 npm i'
    try {
        console.log(`Bumping package-lock.json to ${props.version} by execing: npm i in ${path.join(__dirname, '../..')}`)
        const stdout = execSync(command, { cwd: path.join(__dirname, '../..') })
        console.log(stdout.toString())
    } catch (err) {
        console.log(`${command} failed, error: ${err.message}`)
        process.exit(1)
    }
}

Where do you install child-process for this script? Does the script have to have a package.json?

In my opinion, it would be better if the script could be written in bash and executed.

[TriPSs]

child_process is something from node it self, no need to install