npm install --save --devonly

npm-patch.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash

if command -v npm-$1 > /dev/null
then
  npm-$1 ${@:2}
else
  TMP1=`mktemp /tmp/tmp.XXXXXX`

  trap "rm -f $TMP1" SIGINT SIGTERM SIGHUP SIGQUIT

  cat <<'__END__' > $TMP1

  hasParameter = (param) -> (x for x in process.argv when x is param).length is 1

  assets    = (asset for asset in process.argv[3..] when !/^--/.test asset)
  save      = hasParameter '--save'
  devonly   = hasParameter '--devonly'
  uninstall = hasParameter 'uninstall'

  fs      = require 'fs'
  exec    = require('child_process').exec

  exec "npm #{process.argv[2..].join(' ')}", (err, stdout, stderr) ->
    for x in [err, stdout, stderr]
      console.log x if x

    unless err
      fs.readFile './package.json', 'utf8', (err, data) ->
        throw err if err
        json = JSON.parse data
        if save
          for asset in assets
            json["devDependencies"][asset] = json["dependencies"][asset]
            delete json["dependencies"][asset]
        if uninstall && save
          for asset in assets
            delete json["dependencies"][asset]
            delete json["devDependencies"][asset]
        fs.writeFile './package.json', JSON.stringify(json, null, 2), 'utf-8', (err) ->
          throw err if err
__END__

  coffee $TMP1 $@

  rm -f $TMP1
fi