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Expand Up @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ In January 2019, npm shared on their blog that they added a [mechanism that auto

## 2) Enforce the lockfile

We embraced the birth of package lockfiles with open arms, which introduced: deterministic installations across different environments, and enforced dependency expectations across team collaboration. Life is good! Or so I thought… what would have happened had I slipped a change into the project’s `package.json` file but had forgotten to commit the lockfile along side of it?
We embraced the birth of package lockfiles with open arms, which introduced: deterministic installations across different environments, and enforced dependency expectations across team collaboration. Life is good! Or so I thought… what would have happened had I slipped a change into the project’s `package.json` file but had forgotten to commit the lockfile alongside of it?

Both Yarn, and npm act the same during dependency installation . When they detect an inconsistency between the project’s `package.json` and the lockfile, they compensate for such change based on the `package.json` manifest by installing different versions than those that were recorded in the lockfile.

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