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This can be useful when trying to figure out 1741cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ciexactly why a given dependency is being duplicated to satisfy conflicting 1751cb0ef41Sopenharmony_civersion requirements within the project.</p> 1761cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<pre><code class="language-bash">$ npm explain node_modules/nyc/node_modules/find-up 1771cb0ef41Sopenharmony_cifind-up@3.0.0 dev 1781cb0ef41Sopenharmony_cinode_modules/nyc/node_modules/find-up 1791cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci find-up@"^3.0.0" from nyc@14.1.1 1801cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci node_modules/nyc 1811cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci nyc@"^14.1.1" from tap@14.10.8 1821cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci node_modules/tap 1831cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci dev tap@"^14.10.8" from the root project 1841cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</code></pre> 1851cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<h3 id="configuration">Configuration</h3> 1861cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<h4 id="json"><code>json</code></h4> 1871cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<ul> 1881cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Default: false</li> 1891cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Type: Boolean</li> 1901cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</ul> 1911cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<p>Whether or not to output JSON data, rather than the normal output.</p> 1921cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<ul> 1931cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>In <code>npm pkg set</code> it enables parsing set values with JSON.parse() before 1941cb0ef41Sopenharmony_cisaving them to your <code>package.json</code>.</li> 1951cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</ul> 1961cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<p>Not supported by all npm commands.</p> 1971cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<h4 id="workspace"><code>workspace</code></h4> 1981cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<ul> 1991cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Default:</li> 2001cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Type: String (can be set multiple times)</li> 2011cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</ul> 2021cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<p>Enable running a command in the context of the configured workspaces of the 2031cb0ef41Sopenharmony_cicurrent project while filtering by running only the workspaces defined by 2041cb0ef41Sopenharmony_cithis configuration option.</p> 2051cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<p>Valid values for the <code>workspace</code> config are either:</p> 2061cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<ul> 2071cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Workspace names</li> 2081cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Path to a workspace directory</li> 2091cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li>Path to a parent workspace directory (will result in selecting all 2101cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ciworkspaces within that folder)</li> 2111cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</ul> 2121cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<p>When set for the <code>npm init</code> command, this may be set to the folder of a 2131cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ciworkspace which does not yet exist, to create the folder and set it up as a 2141cb0ef41Sopenharmony_cibrand new workspace within the project.</p> 2151cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<p>This value is not exported to the environment for child processes.</p> 2161cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<h3 id="see-also">See Also</h3> 2171cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<ul> 2181cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li><a href="../using-npm/package-spec.html">package spec</a></li> 2191cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li><a href="../commands/npm-config.html">npm config</a></li> 2201cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li><a href="../configuring-npm/npmrc.html">npmrc</a></li> 2211cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li><a href="../configuring-npm/folders.html">npm folders</a></li> 2221cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li><a href="../commands/npm-ls.html">npm ls</a></li> 2231cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li><a href="../commands/npm-install.html">npm install</a></li> 2241cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li><a href="../commands/npm-link.html">npm link</a></li> 2251cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li><a href="../commands/npm-prune.html">npm prune</a></li> 2261cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li><a href="../commands/npm-outdated.html">npm outdated</a></li> 2271cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<li><a href="../commands/npm-update.html">npm update</a></li> 2281cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</ul></div> 2291cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci 2301cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<footer id="edit"> 2311cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<a href="https://github.com/npm/cli/edit/latest/docs/content/commands/npm-explain.md"> 2321cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<svg role="img" viewBox="0 0 16 16" width="16" height="16" fill="currentcolor" style="vertical-align: text-bottom; margin-right: 0.3em;"> 2331cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci<path fill-rule="evenodd" d="M11.013 1.427a1.75 1.75 0 012.474 0l1.086 1.086a1.75 1.75 0 010 2.474l-8.61 8.61c-.21.21-.47.364-.756.445l-3.251.93a.75.75 0 01-.927-.928l.929-3.25a1.75 1.75 0 01.445-.758l8.61-8.61zm1.414 1.06a.25.25 0 00-.354 0L10.811 3.75l1.439 1.44 1.263-1.263a.25.25 0 000-.354l-1.086-1.086zM11.189 6.25L9.75 4.81l-6.286 6.287a.25.25 0 00-.064.108l-.558 1.953 1.953-.558a.249.249 0 00.108-.064l6.286-6.286z"></path> 2341cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</svg> 2351cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ciEdit this page on GitHub 2361cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</a> 2371cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</footer> 2381cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</section> 2391cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci 2401cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci 2411cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci 2421cb0ef41Sopenharmony_ci</body></html>