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Remove npm dependency

Recipe IDorg.openrewrite.javascript.RemoveDependency
Artifactorg.openrewrite:rewrite-javascript

Remove an npm dependency from package.json and regenerate the lock file. If the dependency does not exist in any scope, the recipe is a no-op.

Single recipeMSAL

Usage

You’ll need the Moderne CLI configured before running the command below.

mod run . --recipe org.openrewrite.javascript.RemoveDependency --recipe-option "packageName=lodash"

If the recipe isn’t available locally, install it with:

mod config recipes jar install org.openrewrite:rewrite-javascript:8.88.0

Options

NameTypeDescription
packageNamerequiredStringThe name of the npm package to remove (e.g., lodash, @types/node).
e.g. lodash
scopeStringThe dependency scope to remove from: dependencies, devDependencies, peerDependencies, optionalDependencies, or bundledDependencies. If not specified, removes from all scopes.
e.g. dependencies

Data tables

Structured output this recipe can produce.

  • Source files that had resultsSource files that were modified by the recipe run.org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileResults
  • Source files that had search resultsSearch results that were found during the recipe run.org.openrewrite.table.SearchResults
  • Source files that errored on a recipeThe details of all errors produced by a recipe run.org.openrewrite.table.SourcesFileErrors
  • Recipe performanceStatistics used in analyzing the performance of recipes.org.openrewrite.table.RecipeRunStats