Packages Update

📦 A flexible and lightweight updater for packages

Why

Allows you to update, customize according to your needs and easily automate mono repositories.

I plan to expand this project into an GitHub Actions project in the future. You can see a prototype here.

Some features

• CLI and API (in-code) usage
• Custom rules per dependency
• Global and custom rules per dependency for mono repositories
• Filter and exclude dependencies
• Zero configurations (unless you want to)
• Custom package.json and configuration files
• Dynamic update according to version operator prefixer per dependency

And much more.

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Table of Contents

• Install
• Usage
  • CLI
  • API (in-code)
  • Aliases
  • Configs
    • packageFile
    • followPrefix
    • filter
    • exclude
    • peer
    • indentation
    • registry
    • quiet
    • checkOnly
    • configFile
    • overrides
• Examples
  • Update to latest version
  • Update to latest minor version
  • Update to latest patch version
  • Update to greatest version
• Limitations
• Acknowledgements

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Install

npm i -D packages-update

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Usage

CLI

npx pu

You can use latest, minor, patch or major as the last CLI parameter.

API (in-code)

import { pu } from 'packages-update';

await pu();

You can also use all available options:

await pu({
  target: 'latest',
});

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Aliases

npx pu

npx packages-update

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Configs

You can customize the global settings by creating a .purc.json config file.

• CLI and API (in-code) options will overwrite the global options.

Option	CLI	Description	Default Value
packageFile	--package-file	Relative path to package.json file	"./package.json"
followPrefix	--follow-prefix	Update dependencies respecting version prefixes	false
target	--target	Type of update strategy (e.g., latest, major, minor and patch)	"latest"
filter	--filter	Filter the specified dependencies to include in the update	[]
exclude	--exclude	Exclude the specified dependencies to exclude from the update	[]
peer	--peer	Update peer dependencies	false
indentation	--indentation	JSON indentation level	2
registry	--registry	Specify the registry URL	"registry.npmjs.org"
quiet	--quiet	Suppress output messages	false
checkOnly	--check-only	Perform checks without applying updates	false
configFile	--config-file	Custom config path	"./.purc.json"
overrides		Override update strategy for specific packages

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packageFile

CLI

npx pu --package-file="./custom/package.json"

.purc.json and API (in-code)

{
  "packageFile": "./custom/package.json"
}

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followPrefix

CLI

npx pu --follow-prefix

.purc.json and API (in-code)

{
  "followPrefix": true
}

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filter

CLI

npx pu --filter=react,vue

.purc.json and API (in-code)

{
  "filter": ["react", "vue"]
}

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exclude

CLI

npx pu --exclude=react,vue

.purc.json and API (in-code)

{
  "exclude": ["react", "vue"]
}

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peer

CLI

npx pu --peer

.purc.json and API (in-code)

{
  "peer": true
}

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indentation

CLI

npx pu --indentation=4

.purc.json and API (in-code)

{
  "indentation": 4
}

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registry

https only.

CLI

npx pu --registry="registry.custom.org"

.purc.json and API (in-code)

{
  "registry": "registry.custom.org"
}

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quiet

CLI

npx pu --quiet

.purc.json and API (in-code)

{
  "quiet": true
}

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checkOnly

CLI

npx pu --check-only

.purc.json and API (in-code)

{
  "checkOnly": true
}

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configFile

Not available in the configuration file itself.

CLI

npx pu --config-file=./custom/.purc.json

API (in-code)

await pu({
  configFile: './custom/.purc.json';
})

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overrides

Not available for CLI.

.purc.json and API (in-code)

{
  "overrides": {
    "eslint": {
      "target": "minor"
    },
    "custom-package": {
      "registry": "custom.registry.org"
    }
  }
}

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Examples

Update to latest version

Get the default latest version for each package.

npx pu
npx pu latest
npx pu --target=latest  # alt.

# prettier: ^1.4.2 ➜ ^2.8.1
# ...

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Update to latest minor version

Get the latest minor version for each package.

npx pu minor
npx pu --target=minor  # alt.

# prettier: ^1.4.2 ➜ ^1.19.1
# ...

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Update to latest patch version

Get the latest patch version for each package.

npx pu patch
npx pu --target=patch  # alt.

# prettier: ^1.4.2 ➜ ^1.4.4
# ...

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Update to greatest version

Get the highest version for each package, even if it is not the default latest.

npx pu major
npx pu --target=major  # alt.

# prettier: ^1.4.2 ➜ ^2.8.1
# ...

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Limitations

• After updating package.json, run npm i, yarn install, pnpm install or bun install to install new versions.
• This updater looks the package.json for devDependencies, dependencies and (if configured) peerDependencies.
• This updater doesn't search or update for tag and local versions (alpha, beta, rc, etc.).

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Acknowledgements