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Junius L
Junius L

Reputation: 16122

How to git pull before npm start with Nodejs

I'm trying to pull my files from git before running my app, I'm using git pull && node ./bin/www and the application hangs.I'm new to Nodejs Is there another way of doing this?

{
  "name": "matcha",
  "version": "0.0.0",
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
  "start": "git pull && node ./bin/www"
},
  "dependencies": {
  "base-64": "^0.1.0",
  "bcryptjs": "^2.3.0",
  "body-parser": "~1.15.2",
  "cookie-parser": "~1.4.3",
  "crypto": "0.0.3",
  "debug": "~2.2.0",
  "ejs": "~2.5.2",
  "express": "~4.14.0",
  "express-session": "^1.14.2",
  "fs": "0.0.1-security",
  "morgan": "~1.7.0",
  "multer": "^1.2.0",
  "mysql": "^2.12.0",
  "nodemailer": "^2.6.4",
  "path": "^0.12.7",
  "serve-favicon": "~2.3.0"
},
  "repository": {
  "type": "git",
  "url": "https://github.com/julekgwa/Matcha.git"
  }
}

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Upvotes: 1

Views: 4264

Answers (2)

tal952
tal952

Reputation: 992

Based on @galkin answer, but with checking if the package.json or package-lock.json changed before running npm install. Also, only install dependencies from package-lock.json, and only production dependencies.

"scripts": {
    "prestart": "if git pull | grep 'package'; then npm ci --production; fi",
    "start": "node src/index.js"
  },

Upvotes: 0

galkin
galkin

Reputation: 5519

You can use prestart.

When you are updating your dependencies, you need run npm install. So scripts example is:

"scripts": {
  "prestart": "git pull && npm install",
  "start": "node ./bin/www"
}

Upvotes: 3

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