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octopus-start-preset-dependencies
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tasks for start that adds dependency management support
npm install --save-dev octopus-start-preset-dependencies
const {sync} = require('octopus-start-preset-dependencies'),
  Start = require('start');
const start = new Start();
module.exports['deps:sync'] = start(sync());
Start task that syncs dependency versions (dependencies, devDependencies, peerDependencies) with those defined in root package.json as managed*Dependencies.
Say you have package.json in root of your project like:
{
  "managedDependencies": {
    "lodash": "~1.0.0"
  }
}
upon invocation of this task for all submodules that have lodash defined in dependencies or devDependencies version of lodash will be updated to ~1.0.0.
List dependencies, that are present in modules dependencies, devDependencies, peerDependencies, but not defined in root package.json as managed*Dependencies.
List dependencies, that are present in root package.json as managed*Dependencies, but not defined in modules dependencies, devDependencies, peerDependencies.
List dependencies, that are present in root package.json as managed*Dependencies and needs updating based on latest version published in npmjs.org.
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tasks for start that adds dependency management support
We found that octopus-start-preset-dependencies 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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