MonoRepository

• publish a module with local file dependency is problematic (even with yarn)
• Tool Comparison
  • among Lerna, Northbrook, and Rush.

Lerna

• config npm scripts "install": "lerna bootstrap --no-ci" will introduce problem
  • when another node project use this package as dependency, the packaged will be installed by running its npm install command

    > [email protected] install ...
    > lerna bootstrap --no-ci
    

Install

npm install --global lerna

CheatSheet

• lerna init
  • it may upgrade an existing repo to the current version of Lerna.
  • --independent/-i – Use independent versioning mode.
  • --no-ci use npm install instead of npm ci(the latter requires package-lock.json or npm-shrinkwrap.json with lockfileVersion >= 1)
• lerna clean
  • removing any node_modules directories under package locations.
  • to skip confirmation as force, use flat --yes
• lerna bootstrap
  • Installing all their dependencies and linking any cross-dependencies.
  • WARN It will not install dependencies on root itself
• lerna run [script]
  • Run an npm script in each package that contains that script.
• lerna publish
  • [independent mode] guiding wizard to provide each package version strategy