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@luxcium/pkg-cli
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Command line script for easy access to a Node module's package.json data.
npm install -g pkg-cli
Basically it takes the first command line argument and prints the matching field from the package.json found in the current working directory.
hub create -d "$(pkg description)"
git commit -am v$(pkg version)
Based on the work of Elias G. Schneevoigt (c) 2014
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Command line script for easy package.json access
We found that @luxcium/pkg-cli demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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