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prefer-absolute-version-devDependencies

Enabling this rule will result in an error being generated if one of the dependencies in devDependencies is does not use an absolute version range.

Example .npmpackagejsonlintrc configuration​

{
  "rules": {
    "prefer-absolute-version-devDependencies": "error"
  }
}

With exceptions

{
  "rules": {
    "prefer-absolute-version-devDependencies": ["error", {
      "exceptions": ["myModule"]
    }]
  }
}

Rule Details​

Incorrect example(s)​

{
  "devDependencies": {
    "grunt-npm-package-json-lint": "~0.3.0"
  }
}
{
  "devDependencies": {
    "grunt-npm-package-json-lint": "^0.3.0"
  }
}
{
  "devDependencies": {
    "grunt-npm-package-json-lint": "0.3.*"
  }
}
{
  "devDependencies": {
    "grunt-npm-package-json-lint": ">0.3.0"
  }
}
{
  "devDependencies": {
    "grunt-npm-package-json-lint": "<0.3.0"
  }
}

Correct example(s)​

{
  "devDependencies": {
    "gulp-npm-package-json-lint": "0.3.0"
  }
}
{
  "devDependencies": {
    "gulp-npm-package-json-lint": "=0.3.0"
  }
}

History​

  • Improved messaging when an invalid configuration is detected in version 6.3.0
  • Enhanced in version 2.5.0. No longer requires the version to be prefixed with an equals sign, =
  • Introduced in version 2.4.0