.TH "NPM\-SHRINKWRAP\.JSON" "5" "December 2022" "9.2.0"
.SH "NAME"
\fBnpm-shrinkwrap.json\fR
.SH Description
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\fBnpm\-shrinkwrap\.json\fP is a file created by \fBnpm shrinkwrap\fP\|\. It is identical to
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\fBpackage\-lock\.json\fP, with one major caveat: Unlike \fBpackage\-lock\.json\fP,
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\fBnpm\-shrinkwrap\.json\fP may be included when publishing a package\.
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The recommended use\-case for \fBnpm\-shrinkwrap\.json\fP is applications deployed
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through the publishing process on the registry: for example, daemons and
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command\-line tools intended as global installs or \fBdevDependencies\fP\|\. It's
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strongly discouraged for library authors to publish this file, since that
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would prevent end users from having control over transitive dependency
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updates\.
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If both \fBpackage\-lock\.json\fP and \fBnpm\-shrinkwrap\.json\fP are present in a
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package root, \fBnpm\-shrinkwrap\.json\fP will be preferred over the
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\fBpackage\-lock\.json\fP file\.
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For full details and description of the \fBnpm\-shrinkwrap\.json\fP file format,
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refer to the manual page for
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package\-lock\.json\.
.SH See also

.RS 1
.IP \(bu 2
npm shrinkwrap
.IP \(bu 2
package\-lock\.json
.IP \(bu 2
package\.json
.IP \(bu 2
npm install

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