Not running default start script

[twhitbeck]

Is it just me, or do I have to manually include the start script in order for npm-run-all to pick it up?

"scripts": {
  "watch": "...",
  "dev": "npm-run-all --parallel watch start"
}

Issuing:

$ npm run dev

Did not perform default node server.js command. No errors, just not running my server.

However when I manually add start script:

"scripts": {
  "start": "node server.js",
  "watch": "...",
  "dev": "npm-run-all --parallel watch start"
}

all is well. this is on Windows.

[mysticatea]

Thank you for this issue.

Hmm, I'm not sure whether or not npm has the default script of start command.
npm said "missing script: start".

$ npm run start
npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.1.7601
npm ERR! argv "C:\\Users\\t-nagashima.AD\\nodist\\v-x64\\nodev4.2.3\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\t-nagashima.AD\\nodist\\bin\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "run" "start"
npm ERR! node v4.2.3
npm ERR! npm  v3.5.0

npm ERR! missing script: start
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
npm ERR!     <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\t-nagashima.AD\Documents\GitHub\eslint\npm-debug.log

$ npm start
npm ERR! Windows_NT 6.1.7601
npm ERR! argv "C:\\Users\\t-nagashima.AD\\nodist\\v-x64\\nodev4.2.3\\node.exe" "C:\\Users\\t-nagashima.AD\\nodist\\bin\\node_modules\\npm\\bin\\npm-cli.js" "start"
npm ERR! node v4.2.3
npm ERR! npm  v3.5.0

npm ERR! missing script: start
npm ERR!
npm ERR! If you need help, you may report this error at:
npm ERR!     <https://github.com/npm/npm/issues>

npm ERR! Please include the following file with any support request:
npm ERR!     C:\Users\t-nagashima.AD\Documents\GitHub\eslint\npm-debug.log

On the other hand, npm has the default behavior of restart.

$ npm run restart
$ npm restart
$

[twhitbeck]

I'm referring to this:
https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/start
It says if there is no "start" defined in "scripts" that it runs node server.js

[twhitbeck]

Wait I think I'm beginning to understand. That's not a default script as much as the default behavior of a different command npm start. I was under the wrong impression that npm start was simply shorthand for npm run start, but it's more like npm start will execute npm run start if there is astart script

[twhitbeck]

Whoops, bumped the close issue button.
To finish my thought: npm start just runs node server.js for you if there is no startscript. Then my only remaining question is: does npm-run-all report any error if you specify a script which does not exist? I did not see any error when executing npm-run-all start without a "start" script defined.

[mysticatea]

Yeah, npm-run-all should report the error, but not. I will fix it.