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## npm_link.md

      
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What you want


You want B to depend on A but
A is not on npm (or it is - but you don't feel like publishing after each fix)

npm link


While standing in A npm link makes a global package of A. Verify by npm ls -g --depth=0.
A can then be used by B by doing npm link A while inside B. Verify by npm ls --depth=0.

npm unlink


To remove the link between A and B go into B and do $ npm unlink A. Verify by npm ls --depth=0.
To remove A as a global package do npm uninstall A -g. Verify by npm ls -g --depth=0.

Note: Automagically --save a link to package.json is currently not implemented so npm ls will have to do.