When I download a project from my repo with a package.json in its root, which command is the right one to use npm install or npm install restore?
2 Answers
The behaviour of npm install is
npm installwithout any argument will install all packages found inpackage.jsoninnode_modulesfolder.npm install <package_name>will installpackage_name. In your case will downloadrestorepackage and will save it innode_modulesfolder. ()
Just type:
npm i
From help:
>npm i -h
npm install (with no args, in package dir)
npm install [<@scope>/]<pkg>
npm install [<@scope>/]<pkg>@<tag>
npm install [<@scope>/]<pkg>@<version>
npm install [<@scope>/]<pkg>@<version range>
npm install <folder>
npm install <tarball file>
npm install <tarball url>
npm install <git:// url>
npm install <github username>/<github project>
aliases: i, isntall, add
common options: [--save-prod|--save-dev|--save-optional] [--save-exact] [--no-save]