.TH "NPM\-SHRINKWRAP\.JSON" "5" "August 2020" "" ""
.SH "NAME"
\fBnpm-shrinkwrap.json\fR \- A publishable lockfile
.SS Description
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\fBnpm\-shrinkwrap\.json\fP is a file created by npm help \fBshrinkwrap\fP\|\. It is identical to
\fBpackage\-lock\.json\fP, with one major caveat: Unlike \fBpackage\-lock\.json\fP,
\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
through the publishing process on the registry: for example, daemons and
command\-line tools intended as global installs or \fBdevDependencies\fP\|\. It's
strongly discouraged for library authors to publish this file, since that would
prevent end users from having control over transitive dependency updates\.
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Additionally, if both \fBpackage\-lock\.json\fP and \fBnpm\-shrinkwrap\.json\fP are present
in a package root, \fBpackage\-lock\.json\fP will be ignored in favor of this file\.
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For full details and description of the \fBnpm\-shrinkwrap\.json\fP file format, refer
to the manual page for npm help package\-lock\.json\.
.SS See also
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
npm help shrinkwrap
.IP \(bu 2
npm help package\-lock\.json
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npm help package\.json
.IP \(bu 2
npm help install
.RE