How it all ties together: cli, npm, package.json, pretest, test, mocha

notes.md

Both configurations of package.json hare equally valid:

1. npm test will run linting and then testing:

"test": "jshint . && mocha",

2. npm test will still run linting and then testing:

"pretest": "jshint",
"test": "mocha",

... BUT it is NOT possible to invoke npm pretest directly from the command line ... aha! But I recently read:

## All scripts under scripts can be executed with npm run-script [script name].

# Like this, to run our test command:
npm run-script pretest
npm run-script test

# `run` and `run-script` are aliased
npm run pretest
npm run test

3. If you pass -- (there’s a space after the --, right there) you can pass argument through to the underlying command.

## http://www.marcusoft.net/2015/08/npm-scripting-configs-and-arguments.html#passing-through-command-line-argument

# So if you have:
# "scripts": { "test": "mocha" }
# then running:
npm run test -- --debug-brk

# is like running `mocha --debug-brk`