This tutorial runs Gulp via NPM like this:
// package.json
"scripts": {
"gulp": "./node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js"
},
// in your terminal, instead of using gulp, use npm run gulp
npm run gulp
Would this work equally well:
// package.json
"scripts": {
"gulp": "npm run gulp"
}
IIUC npm will look in the node_modules/gulp/bin directory for the gulp binary?
This tutorial runs Gulp via NPM like this:
// package.json
"scripts": {
"gulp": "./node_modules/gulp/bin/gulp.js"
},
// in your terminal, instead of using gulp, use npm run gulp
npm run gulp
Would this work equally well:
// package.json
"scripts": {
"gulp": "npm run gulp"
}
IIUC npm will look in the node_modules/gulp/bin directory for the gulp binary?
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The point would be, that
gulp(fromnodes_modules/.bin) may not be on the user's PATH, if it is not installed globally. Sonpm run gulpwould be a clean and portable way to run it. Thescriptsentry is not needed, though. – pixelistik Commented Feb 3, 2018 at 21:59 -
Consider just using
npx gulpwithout using scripts. – zzzzBov Commented Feb 3, 2018 at 22:05
1 Answer
Reset to default 7Yes, you can simply use
// package.json
"scripts": {
"gulp": "gulp"
}
npm will look in the node_modules/.bin directory, where each installed module creates symlinks to the relevant bin entry points.
But: In this case, you don't even need the entry for gulp. You can run all existing mands in .bin with npm run, without making explicit scriptsentries.
See https://blog.jayway./2014/03/28/running-scripts-with-npm/ for an introduction and details.