npm command-line interface

# npm-ci

Install a project with a clean slate

## Table of contents

- Synopsis
- Description
- Example
- Configuration

- `ignore-scripts`
- `script-shell`

- See Also

### Synopsis

    npm ci

### Description

This command is similar to `npm install`, except it’s meant to be used in automated environments such as test platforms, continuous integration, and deployment – or any situation where you want to make sure you’re doing a clean install of your dependencies.

`npm ci` will be significantly faster when:

- There is a `package-lock.json` or `npm-shrinkwrap.json` file.
- The `node_modules` folder is missing or empty.

In short, the main differences between using `npm install` and `npm ci` are:

- The project must have an existing `package-lock.json` or `npm-shrinkwrap.json`.
- If dependencies in the package lock do not match those in `package.json`, `npm ci` will exit with an error, instead of updating the package lock.
- `npm ci` can only install entire projects at a time: individual dependencies cannot be added with this command.
- If a `node_modules` is already present, it will be automatically removed before `npm ci` begins its install.
- It will never write to `package.json` or any of the package-locks: installs are essentially frozen.

### Example

Make sure you have a package-lock and an up-to-date install:

    $ cd ./my/npm/project
    $ npm install
    added 154 packages in 10s
    $ ls | grep package-lock

Run `npm ci` in that project

    $ npm ci
    added 154 packages in 5s

Configure Travis to build using `npm ci` instead of `npm install`:

    # .travis.yml
    install:
    - npm ci
    # keep the npm cache around to speed up installs
    cache:
      directories:
      - "$HOME/.npm"

### Configuration

#### `ignore-scripts`

- Default: false
- Type: Boolean

If true, npm does not run scripts specified in package.json files.

Note that commands explicitly intended to run a particular script, such as `npm start`, `npm stop`, `npm restart`, `npm test`, and `npm run-script` will still run their intended script if `ignore-scripts` is set, but they will not run any pre- or post-scripts.

#### `script-shell`

- Default: ‘/bin/sh’ on POSIX systems, ‘cmd.exe’ on Windows
- Type: null or String

The shell to use for scripts run with the `npm exec`, `npm run` and `npm init <pkg>` commands.

### See Also

- npm install
- package-lock.json