Provide solution to link npm hook scripts in node_modules/.hooks

[lachlanhunt]

NPM already provides the hook scripts feature, which allows executable scipts to be placed in node_modules/.hooks/ and have them run for npm lifecycle events. But as far as I'm aware, there's currently no easy way for a package to link their hook scripts in this way, except by manually doing the work or writing a custom script to do it.

It would be extremely useful if npm provided a "hooks" field in package.json, similar to the existing "bin" field, which provides a way to specify paths to scripts that should be linked from the .hooks directory.

I will contribute a PR shortly to implement this.

[morficus]

I would love to see this in npm.

[darcyclarke]

@lachlanhunt I just responded to your tweet & also added myself & @isaacs as reviewers to this PR (yesterday). You should have feedback by EOW or early next week &, as mentioned in my response on Twitter, we may or may not be able to land this in the next npm minor release.

[isaacs]

This should go through an RFC process, since it adds a new package field and a new bit of behavior that other CLI implementations would benefit from supporting.

[lachlanhunt]

I've submitted a PR with an RFC.

[wraithgar]

Closing, hooks are not part of the npm scripts anymore