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Ionic CLI changing package.json version spec from ~ to ^

See original GitHub issue

Description:

Running ionic cordova run modifies version constraints of package.json so that all tilde (~) become caret (^)

Steps to Reproduce:

Run ionic cordova run (either android or ios) in your project directory

Output:

Version constraints on package.json are changed from ~ to ^

My ionic info:

cli packages: (/Users/seiyoungahn/.npm-global/lib/node_modules)

@ionic/cli-utils  : 1.19.1
ionic (Ionic CLI) : 3.19.1

global packages:

cordova (Cordova CLI) : 7.1.0 
Gulp CLI              : CLI version 3.9.1 Local version 3.9.1

local packages:

Cordova Platforms : android 6.1.1 ios 4.5.4
Ionic Framework   : unknown

System:

ios-deploy : 1.9.2 
ios-sim    : 6.1.2 
Node       : v6.12.3
npm        : 5.6.0 
OS         : macOS High Sierra
Xcode      : Xcode 9.2 Build version 9C40b 

Environment Variables:

ANDROID_HOME : not set

Misc:

backend : pro

Other Information:

This issue is related to #2230.

Issue Analytics

State:
Created 6 years ago
Reactions:3
Comments:6 (4 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

2reactions

jcesarmobilecommented, Feb 1, 2018

What’s your npm save prefix? npm config get save-prefix

I created another issue a month ago about platforms being added with ~ in the config.xml but with the save-prefix in package.json (https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13729) and at some point they sync the value changing it in the config.xml.

So, if you have ^ as save-prefix, you can set it to ~ as a workaround npm config set save-prefix='~'

0reactions

jcesarmobilecommented, Feb 1, 2018

Yeah, that was from preventing the change from ~ to ^ on first place, but once it’s changed it doesn’t revert it.

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