/* Code Comments */command cheatsheet: crosswalk from npm to yarn
2020-03-27
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I’ve been playing around more with yarn lately and find myself frequently looking up the equivalent command to npm.
Below is a table I’ve compiled from (with the help of the Yarn docs and this cheatsheet by Shift Infinite Red, among others):
| npm (v5) | Yarn |
|---|---|
npm init |
yarn init |
npm link |
yarn link |
npm outdated |
yarn outdated |
npm publish |
yarn publish |
npm run |
yarn run |
npm cache clean |
yarn cache clean |
npm login |
yarn login (and logout) |
npm test |
yarn test |
npm install --production |
yarn --production |
npm install |
yarn add |
| (N/A) | yarn add --flat |
| (N/A) | yarn add --har |
npm install --no-package-lock |
yarn add --no-lockfile |
| (N/A) | yarn add --pure-lockfile |
npm install [package] --save |
yarn add [package] |
npm install [package] --save-dev |
yarn add [package] --dev |
| (N/A) | yarn add [package] --peer |
npm install [package] --save-optional |
yarn add [package] --optional |
npm install [package] --save-exact |
yarn add [package] --exact |
| (N/A) | yarn add [package] --tilde |
npm install [package] --global |
yarn global add [package] |
npm update --global |
yarn global upgrade |
npm rebuild |
yarn add --force |
npm uninstall [package] |
yarn remove [package] |
npm cache clean |
yarn cache clean [package] |
rm -rf node_modules && npm install |
yarn upgrade |
| (N/A) | yarn upgrade-interactive |
npm version major |
yarn version --major |
npm version minor |
yarn version --minor |
npm version patch |
yarn version --patch |
| (N/A) | yarn licenses ls |
| (N/A) | yarn licenses generate-disclaimer |
| (N/A) | yarn why [package] |
npm search [package] |
(N/A)1 |
Footnotes
- 1 With regards to the absence of a search command in yarn, I found this discussion interesting on Stack Overflow.
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