Monolithic Symlinker

Handles symbolic links between NodeJS packages inside a monolithic codebase.

/* repository/core_lib/package.json */
{ "name": "core_lib" }

/* repository/server/package.json */
{ "name": "server",
  "dependencies": { "core_lib": "file:../core_lib" } }

Running the Symlinker on server will create a symbolic link from server/node_modules/core_lib to core_lib, so changes to core_lib will be immediately available to server.

Installation

npm install mono-symlink [--save-dev]

Usage

const Symlinker = require("mono-symlink");

symlinker = new Symlinker();
symlinker.create("repository/server/package.json");

The symlinker is designed to run after remote dependencies are installed via npm install.

Core Methods:

• symlinker.create will create symbolic links for all local dependencies listed in the given manifest file.
• symlinker.remove will remove the symbolic links that symlinker.create would add.

See the documentation for more information.