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@heikomat heikomat released this 12 Jan 15:53
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3.0.0
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New Features

  • new --cleanup-flag (makes minstall remove all node_modules-folders before installing dependencies)
  • new --dependency-check-only-flag (makes install print the dependency-check only, without touching any files or installing anything)
  • optimized detection of optimal dependency-installation-folder
  • npm5-support through optimized dependency installation and forced --cleanup-flag
  • parallel installation of conflicting dependencies

Improvements

minstall 3 is way faster than minstall 2 because of better detection of optimized
dependency installation, parallel installation of conflicting dependencies and
npm5 support.

Breaking changes

minstall now works completely different to version 2.0.0. Before you needed to
add minstall as postinstall to every level of local modules. Now only the
parent-project needs the minstall-postinstall.

before:

modules are found in parent-folders through node-module resolution

my-modular-app
├── modules
│   ├── database (@2.0.0) [requires abc@2.0.0 and tasks]
│   ├── tasks (@2.0.0) [requires abc@1.0.0, xyz, which in return requires database@1.0.0]
│   │   └── node_modules
│   │       └── abc@1.0.0
│   ├── test1(@2.0.0) [requires abc@1.0.0]
│   │   └── node_modules
│   │       └── abc@1.0.0
│   └── test2(@2.0.0) [requires abc@2.0.0]
├── node_modules
│   ├── abc@2.0.0
│   ├── minstall
│   ├── database ../modules/database
│   └── tasks -> ../modules/tasks
├── index.js
└── package.json [requires minstall, database@2.0.0 and tasks@2.0.0]

now:

the correct versions of the dependency are installed once and linked to the
destinations. in this example, abc@1.0.0 and abc@2.0.0 are only installed once,
while abc@1.0.0 would've been installed twice with minstall 2.0.2

my-modular-app
├── modules
│   ├── database (@2.0.0) [requires abc@2.0.0 and tasks]
│   │   └── node_modules
│   │       └── abc -> ../../../node_modules/abc
│   │       └── tasks -> ../../tasks
│   ├── tasks (@2.0.0) [requires abc@1.0.0, xyz, which in return requires database@1.0.0]
│   │   └── node_modules
│   │       ├── abc@1.0.0
│   │       ├── database@1.0.0
│   │       └── xyz
│   ├── test1 (@2.0.0) [requires abc@1.0.0]
│   │   └── node_modules
│   │       └── abc -> ../../tasks/node_modules/abc [<- NOT REINSTALLED, BUT LINKED!]
│   └── test2 (@2.0.0) [requires abc@2.0.0]
│       └── node_modules
│           └── abc -> ../../../node_modules/abc
├── node_modules
│   ├── abc@2.0.0
│   ├── minstall
│   ├── database ../modules/database
│   └── tasks -> ../modules/tasks
├── index.js
└── package.json [requires minstall, database@2.0.0 and tasks@2.0.0]
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