patroller

Patroller

A CLI tool for removing unused dependencies, sorting the dependencies, locking the dependencies, and keeping a watch on the licenses.

• Usage
• Options
• Scripts
• Husky Hooks

Usage

$ npm install -g patroller
$ patroller COMMAND
running command...
$ patroller (-v|--version|version)
patroller/1.1.0 darwin-x64 node-v12.16.3
$ patroller --help [COMMAND]
USAGE
  $ patroller COMMAND
...

Options

• -h | --help : shows the CLI help
• -v | --version : shows the CLI version
• -s | --sort : sorts the dependencies in package.json
• -u | --unused : removes the unused dependencies from node_modules and the package.json
• -l | --lock : locks the dependencies in package.json and removes the wildcard ( ^ )
• --license : checks the dependencies for difference in license from the root repository
• -a | --all : performs all the actions above (except help and version)
• --yarn : uses yarn instead of npm
• -f | --force : forcefully removes unused dependencies

Scripts

Use it in the package.json for the CI CD to keep your dependencies clean.

{
  ...
  "scripts": {
    "patroller": "patroller --all --force"
  }
}

Husky Hooks

Install husky

$ npm install husky --save-dev

Update the package.json

{
  "scripts": {
    "patroller": "patroller --all --force"
  },
  "husky": {
    "hooks": {
      "pre-commit" : "npm patroller"
    }
  }
}