package-lock.json is not get downloaded for linked github url

Question

I have 2 github project. Let's say one is "mylibrary" and other is "test-project"

I have linked "mylibary" in "test-project" as GitHub URL. So the package.json looks like below.

dependencies: {
    "mylibrary": "git+ssh://[email protected]/user/mylibrary.git"
}

When I do npm install, "mylibrary" is getting downloaded and placed inside "node_modules"

But the clone version of my library doesn't have package-lock.json

ls node_modules/mylibrary | grep package-lock

yields no results

Any help would be great. Thanks.

Moti Korets · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-13 10:09:25Z

1

This is by design. From npm documentation

One key detail about package-lock.json is that it cannot be published, and it will be ignored if found in any place other than the toplevel package.

answered Apr 13, 2018 at 10:09

Moti Korets

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