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@yarnpkg/plugin-essentials
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@yarnpkg/plugin-essentials
This plugin adds support for various commands deemed essential to a package manager (yarn add, yarn remove, ...).
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This plugin is included by default in Yarn.
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The npm package @yarnpkg/plugin-essentials receives a total of 47,582 weekly downloads. As such, @yarnpkg/plugin-essentials popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @yarnpkg/plugin-essentials demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
Package last updated on 17 Jan 2020
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Socket for GitHub automatically highlights issues in each pull request and monitors the health of all your open source dependencies. Discover the contents of your packages and block harmful activity before you install or update your dependencies.
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