Limit the number of dependencies through linting.
Install through npm:
npm i -D depcap
Somewhere in your linting process, add the command depcap.
package.json
{
...
"scripts": {
"lint": "depcap"
}
...
}
By default, the limit is 10 direct dependencies, individually through dependencies, devDependencies, similar. You can configure the limit in your package.json file under the depcap property. You can read more about the dependency types at the npm docs.
To set the global limit, set the prop to an integer. The following update to your package.json file would set all the dependency limits to 3.
{
...
"depcap": 3
...
}
To set the individual limit, set the prop to an object. The following update to your package.json file would set dependencies to 5 and peerDependencies to 1. All other dependencies would default to 10.
{
...
"depcap": {
"dependencies": 5,
"peerDependencies": 1
}
...
}
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Limit the number of dependencies
The npm package depcap receives a total of 13 weekly downloads. As such, depcap popularity was classified as not popular.
We found that depcap 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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