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npm >= 5's prune reinstalls ignored node modules

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Since version 5, npm prune reinstalls all missing dependencies, this breaks electron-packager’s --ignore option when --no-prune is not set.

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Created 6 years ago
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Comments:5 (2 by maintainers)

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maleptcommented, Feb 2, 2018

The current workaround is to set --no-package-manager.

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jean-emmanuelcommented, Feb 2, 2018

Thanks !

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