Npm i and npm ci , what difference?
Npm i and npm ci , what difference? npm install / npm i - installation which can rewrite package.json and package-lock.json npm ci - clean install which removes node_modules and use package-lock json for installing and do not rewrite them package-lock.json and package.json npm install Installs a package and all its dependencies. Dependencies are driven by npm-shrinkwrap.json and package-lock.json (in that order). without arguments : installs dependencies of a local module. Can install global packages. Will install any missing dependencies in node_modules . It may write to package.json or package-lock.json . When used with an argument ( npm i packagename ) it may write to package.json to add or update the dependency. when used without arguments, ( npm i ) it may write to package-lock.json to lock down the version of some dependencies if they are not already in this file. npm ci Requires at least npm v5.7.1 . Requires package-lock.json or npm-shrinkwrap.json to be present. Thro...