📦 npm-offline-cache

An example of how to set up a npm project-specific cache/mirror of deps (similar to yarn's offline mode). You can read more about npm-cache @ docs.npmjs.com/cli/cache.

Steps to generate a project-specific cache

• Create an .npmrc file in your project's root with the following

 # choose a directory were you want to cache your deps
cache = ./npm_cache_mirror

• Run npm install
• Your ./npm_cache_mirror directory will now have a cached version of all your deps

Notes

• If you want to check in this cache (which is somewhat expected) ensure you also check in your package-lock.json or npm-shrinkwrap.json files to ensure everything gets properly resolved
• You'll probably want to .gitignore your cache's log files but keep the folder to avoid any warnings/errors (ie. npm_cache_mirror/_logs/*.log & npm_cache_mirror/anonymous-cli-metrics.json)

Demo

You can test out this method of caching/mirroring deps by:

• Cloning this repo git clone git@github.com:darcyclarke/npm-offline-cache.git
• Turn off your network connection
• Install deps npm install
• All deps required to support rawkit & sleepover should be installed into node_modules