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dotcom-tool-kit
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(This README is for the core dotcom-tool-kit package that must be installed to use Tool Kit. You can find the documentation for the Tool Kit project itself at https://github.com/Financial-Times/dotcom-tool-kit/blob/main/readme.md.)
The primary Tool Kit binary that will be invoked to handle all your hooks and tasks.
There are some global options available that will affect all plugins. All are optional but you can override them with the dotcom-tool-kit key.
| Key | Description | Default value |
|---|---|---|
allowNativeFetch | use Node's native fetch if supported | false |
FAQs
modern, maintainable, modular developer tooling for FT.com projects
We found that dotcom-tool-kit demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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