ember-cli-version-checker

What is ember-cli-version-checker?

The ember-cli-version-checker package is a utility for checking the versions of npm and bower dependencies in Ember CLI projects. It helps ensure compatibility and manage dependencies effectively.

What are ember-cli-version-checker's main functionalities?

Check Dependency Version

This feature allows you to check if a specific dependency version is less than a given version. In this example, it checks if the 'ember-source' version is less than '3.0.0'.

const VersionChecker = require('ember-cli-version-checker');

let checker = new VersionChecker(this);
let dep = checker.for('ember-source', 'npm');

if (dep.lt('3.0.0')) {
  console.log('ember-source version is less than 3.0.0');
}

Check Multiple Dependencies

This feature allows you to check multiple dependencies at once. In this example, it checks if both 'ember-source' and 'jquery' versions are less than '3.0.0'.

const VersionChecker = require('ember-cli-version-checker');

let checker = new VersionChecker(this);
let emberDep = checker.for('ember-source', 'npm');
let jqueryDep = checker.for('jquery', 'bower');

if (emberDep.lt('3.0.0') && jqueryDep.lt('3.0.0')) {
  console.log('Both ember-source and jquery versions are less than 3.0.0');
}

Check Dependency Range

This feature allows you to check if a dependency version falls within a specified range. In this example, it checks if the 'ember-source' version is between '2.0.0' and '3.0.0'.

const VersionChecker = require('ember-cli-version-checker');

let checker = new VersionChecker(this);
let dep = checker.for('ember-source', 'npm');

if (dep.satisfies('>=2.0.0 <3.0.0')) {
  console.log('ember-source version is between 2.0.0 and 3.0.0');
}

Other packages similar to ember-cli-version-checker

semver

The 'semver' package is a widely-used utility for parsing, validating, and comparing semantic versioning (semver) strings. It provides similar functionality for version checking but is not specific to Ember CLI projects. It is more general-purpose and can be used in any JavaScript project.

npm-check

The 'npm-check' package is a tool for checking for outdated, incorrect, and unused dependencies in npm projects. While it provides some overlapping functionality with ember-cli-version-checker, it is more focused on overall dependency management and maintenance rather than specific version checks within Ember CLI projects.

yarn

The 'yarn' package manager includes built-in functionality for checking and managing dependency versions. It provides a more comprehensive solution for dependency management, including version checks, but is not specific to Ember CLI projects. It is an alternative to npm with additional features for dependency resolution and management.

README

Ember CLI Version Checker

Makes it easier to determine if a compatible version of a given NPM or Bower package is present.

Usage

Example:

You want to provide two different sets of templates, based on the currently running Ember version.

let path = require('path');
let VersionChecker = require('ember-cli-version-checker');

module.exports = {
  name: 'awesome-addon',
  treeForAddonTemplates(tree) {
    let checker = new VersionChecker(this.project);
    let dep = checker.for('ember', 'bower');

    let baseTemplatesPath = path.join(this.root, 'addon/templates');

    if (dep.satisfies('>= 1.13.0')) {
      return this.treeGenerator(path.join(baseTemplatesPath, 'current'));
    } else {
      return this.treeGenerator(path.join(baseTemplatesPath, 'legacy'));
    }
  }
};

API

Semver Methods (gt, lt, gte, lte, eq, neq, satisfies)

See https://github.com/npm/node-semver#comparison and https://github.com/npm/node-semver#ranges-1 for more info

let VersionChecker = require('ember-cli-version-checker');

module.exports = {
  name: 'awesome-addon',
  init() {
    this._super.init.apply(this, arguments);

    let checker = new VersionChecker(this.project);
    let dep = checker.for('ember-cli');

    if (dep.gte('2.0.0')) {
      /* deal with 2.0.0+ stuff */
    } else {
      /* provide backwards compat */
    };
  }
};

assertAbove

Throws an error with the given message if a minimum version isn't met.

let VersionChecker = require('ember-cli-version-checker');

module.exports = {
  name: 'awesome-addon',
  init() {
    this._super.init.apply(this, arguments);

    let checker = new VersionChecker(this.project);

    checker.for('ember-cli').assertAbove('2.0.0');
  }
};

You can also provide a specific message as the third argument to assertAbove if you'd like to customize the output.

let VersionChecker = require('ember-cli-version-checker');

module.exports = {
  name: 'awesome-addon',
  init() {
    this._super.init.apply(this, arguments);

    let checker = new VersionChecker(this.project);

    checker.for('ember-cli').assertAbove('2.0.0', 'To use awesome-addon you must have ember-cli 2.0.0');
  }
};

isAbove

Returns true if the packages version is above the specified comparison range.

let VersionChecker = require('ember-cli-version-checker');

module.exports = {
  name: 'awesome-addon',
  init() {
    this._super.init.apply(this, arguments);

    let checker = new VersionChecker(this.project);
    let dep = checker.for('ember-cli');

    if (dep.isAbove('2.0.0')) {
      /* deal with 2.0.0 stuff */
    } else {
      /* provide backwards compat */
    };
  }
};

exists

Returns true or false indicating if the dependency exists (at any version).

let VersionChecker = require('ember-cli-version-checker');

module.exports = {
  name: 'awesome-addon',
  init() {
    this._super.init.apply(this, arguments);

    let checker = new VersionChecker(this.project);
    let dep = checker.for('ember-cli-qunit');

    if (dep.exists()) {
      /* do things when present */
    };
  }
};

version

A property that returns the version for the dependency, if the dependency is not found undefined will be returned.

let VersionChecker = require('ember-cli-version-checker');

module.exports = {
  name: 'awesome-addon',
  init() {
    this._super.init.apply(this, arguments);

    let checker = new VersionChecker(this.project);
    let dep = checker.for('ember-cli-qunit');

    // do something with dep.version
  }
};

hasSingleImplementation

Returns true if there is only single implementation in node_modules of the addon. It can either be at app top-level or as a nested dependency. This API does not work with non-addon npm dependency.

A unique addon can still be included multiple times if it's a nested dependency, but they are guaranteed to be resolved to same version in node_modules. This happens when the dependency in problem specifies a valid version range or the app uses yarn resolutions.

This is useful if the app wants to make sure there's no unexpected assets from the addon on being included but still alow the addon being included in the hierarchy's build process.

const VersionChecker = require('ember-cli-version-checker');

module.exports = {
  name: 'awesome-addon',
  included() {
    this._super.included.apply(this, arguments);

    let checker = VersionChecker.forProject(this.project);

    if (checker.hasSingleImplementation('<my-addon>')) {
      /* do things when <my-addon> is unique */
    }
  }
};

assertSingleImplementation

Throws an error if the addon isn't unique, and receives an optional message param to customize the error message.

const VersionChecker = require('ember-cli-version-checker');

module.exports = {
  name: 'awesome-addon',
  included() {
    this._super.included.apply(this, arguments);

    let checker = VersionChecker.forProject(this.project);

    checker.assertSingleImplementation('<my-addon>', 'Please make sure <my-addon> has only one implementation, please correct and here is a helpful message!');
  }
};

filterAddonsByName

Find all addon instances with the same name

const VersionChecker = require('ember-cli-version-checker');

module.exports = {
  name: 'awesome-addon',
  included() {
    this._super.included.apply(this, arguments);

    let checker = VersionChecker.forProject(this.project);

    checker.filterAddonsByName('<my-addon>'); // => an array of addon instances who have the name `<my-addon>`
  }
};

allAddons

An iterator which gives access to all addon instances

const VersionChecker = require('ember-cli-version-checker');

module.exports = {
  name: 'awesome-addon',
  included() {
    this._super.included.apply(this, arguments);

    let checker = VersionChecker.forProject(this.project);

    for (let { name, root } = checker.allAddons()) {
      // access to the addon, in this case name and root
    }
  }
};

check

A utility to verify that addons are installed at appropriate versions. npm and yarn resolve conflicting transitive dependency requirements by installing multiple versions. They do not include a mechanism for packages to declare that a dependency must be unique. This is, however, a practical constraint when building Ember applications (for example, we would not want to build an application that shipped two versions of Ember Data). Related discussion on npm

Every addon in the ember ecosystem implicitly depends on ember-source, and most likely a specific version range. If that dependency is specified as a package.json dependency, a mismatch between application and addon would result in duplicating ember-source. Instead of failing the build, we would build an application with an unknown version of ember-source, subverting the point of specifying dependency version ranges in the first place! The check API provides a mechanism to avoid this and fail fast in the build step, instead of building an invalid application with harder to debug runtime errors.

For example, as of today ember-data supports ember-source >= 3.4.8, if it where to use this addon, it could specify this constraint and provide good error messages to users.

const VersionChecker = require('ember-cli-version-checker');

module.exports = {
  name: 'awesome-addon',
  included() {
    this._super.included.apply(this, arguments);

    const checker = VersionChecker.forProject(this.project);
    const check = checker.check({
      'ember-source': '>= 3.4.8'
    });

    // if it would like to simply assert
    check.assert('[awesome-addon] dependency check failed');
    // will throw an error message similar to the following if the check was not satisfied:

    //   [awesome-addon] dependency check failed:
    //     - 'ember-source' expected version [>= 3.4.8] but got version: [2.0.0]

    // if the requirements are more advanced, we can inspect the resulting check.

    if (!check.isSatisfied) {
      const altCheck = checker.check({
        'magical-polyfil': '>= 1.0.0',
        'ember-source': '>= 3.0.0'
      })

      check.assert('[awesome-addon] dependency check failed:');
      // will throw error message similar to the following if the check was not satisfied:
      //   [awesome-addon] dependency check failed:
      //     - 'magical-polyfil' expected version [>= 1.0.0] but got version: [0.0.1]
      //     - 'ember-source' expected version [>= 3.0.0] but got version: [2.0.-]
    }
  }
};

Note

How does the version resolution works?

When creating VersionChecker(addonOrAppOrProject), the param needs to have a root property for the VersionChecker to perform node's module resolution.

Should I use project or parent?

The two primary options that are valid are:

• new VersionChecker(this.project)
• new VersionChecker(this.parent)

Which one to use depends on if the addon is trying to find a known top-level library or its parent's.

For example, you may want to check this.project root path to find ember-cli or ember-source, which are expected to be top-level. Or you may want to check your parent's specific dependency that affects your addon's behavior, you should create from this.parent.

If you create via new VersionChecker(this) in an addon, it will resolve from your addon's path and have your own dependency's version instead of top-level dependency's if exists. This will result in unreliable result.

Changelog

v5.1.2 (2021-01-19)

:rocket: Enhancement

• #242 Remove extraneous file I/O when checking the same package version (@davecombs)

Committers: 2

• Dave Combs (@davecombs)
• @dependabot-preview[bot]