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cphill
cphill

Reputation: 5924

NPM installing package with multiple folders for package

I recently started a new node project and ran npm install *name* --save for both express and nodemon and noticed that 20-30 folders appear in my node_modules folder related to the two packages instead of just express and nodemon. This has never happened when I have run this command with previous projects. Is there any reason why this is happening now?

I expected my node_modules folder to only have "express" and "nodemon"

npm version: 3.3.6 node version: 5.0.0

Example of what I mean

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1222

Answers (1)

DrMartinGonzo
DrMartinGonzo

Reputation: 46

Stumbled upon your post with a Google Search and thought I'd link the answer :

Your dependencies will now be installed maximally flat. Insofar as is possible, all of your dependencies, and their dependencies, and THEIR dependencies will be installed in your project's node_modules folder with no nesting. You'll only see modules nested underneath one another when two (or more) modules have conflicting dependencies.

See npm@3's release notes.

Upvotes: 3

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