Easily extend a JSON file with additional properties, API and CLI.
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Install with npm
$ npm i extend-file --save
var file = require('extend-file');
file('package.json', {foo: 'bar'});
// adds `{foo: "bar"} to package.json
Install globally with npm
$ npm i -g extend-file
Pass the file to extend as the first argument.
$ expand-file package.json [data]
^
Specify the data to use for extending the file.
$ expand-file package.json [data]
^
Data may be specified using one of the following flags:
-d
or--data
: specify a string to expand with expand-object-f
or--file
: specify a JSON or YAML file to use for data
Pass an object
Use the object expansion syntax supported by expand-object:
$ expand-file package.json -d "a.b.c:foo,bar,baz"
#=> {"a":{"b":{"c":["foo","bar","baz"]}}}}
Any issues related to --data
expansion should be created on the expand-objectrepo.
Specify a JSON or YAML file
Use the contents of another file to extend the first file.
$ expand-file package.json -f foo.yml
JSON and YAML are supported.
expand-object: Expand a string into a JavaScript object using a simple notation. Use the CLI or… more
Install dev dependencies:
$ npm i -d && npm test
Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue
Jon Schlinkert
Copyright © 2015 Jon Schlinkert Released under the MIT license.
This file was generated by verb-cli on August 07, 2015.