It seems that the app platform always runs the npm install command when it’s building a component.
Since we compile our assets on our development platform the npm install command is unnecessary.
When the package.json file is removed it doesn’t run this command, but I want to keep this file in our repo.
Is there any reason this command is automatically executed. And is there any way to prevent this?
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There isn’t a directly configurable option that stops
npm installfrom running. The most flexible way to customize the build process is to use a Dockerfile which gives you complete control over the build process and the resulting container image.For
npm installspecifically there is a workaround that you can use. If you do not need it at all, you can hijack thepreinstallscript to remove the file completely, like so:If the
STOP_NPM_INSTALLenv var is set to1, whennpm installis run thepackage.jsonfile will “self-destruct” stopping the install process without any errors. Otherwise the process continues as usual.Deleting the whole file is a little crude but it works. You could expand it a bit to run an external script that more carefully only removes the
dependenciesfield from the file if you wish.I hope that helps! Out of curiosity, which programming language/build environment does your app use?