Fix package.json hover metadata broken in npm 12+ - #327951
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Fix package.json hover metadata broken in npm 12+#327951Guilherme Menezes Magalhães (guimmd2) wants to merge 1 commit into
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npm 12 changed npm view --json to always return an array [{...}]
instead of {...}. Handle both formats by checking Array.isArray.
Fixes microsoft#327228
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Fixes #327228
Description
npm 12 changed npm view --json to always return an array [{...}] instead of {...}. Handle both formats by checking Array.isArray.
Validation
Manually tested by building VS Code from source and hovering over package.json dependencies:
Both versions work after the fix.