npm-check-updates 8.0.0

Breaking

--semverLevel major is now --target minor. --semverLevel minor is now --target patch. This change was made to provide more intuitive semantics for --semverLevel (now --target). Most people assumed it meant the inclusive upper bound, so now it reflects that. a2111f4c2
Programmatic usage: run now defaults to silent: true instead of loglevel: 'silent, unless loglevel is explicitly specified. If you overrode silent or loglevel, this may affect the logging behavior. 423e024

Deprecated

Options that controlled the target version (upper bound) of upgrades have been consolidated under --target. The old options are aliased with a deprecation warning and will be removed in the next major version. No functionality has been removed.

--greatest: Renamed to --target greatest
--newest: Renamed to --target newest
--semverLevel: Renamed to --target

See: 7eca5bf3

Features

Doctor Mode

#722

Usage: ncu --doctor [-u] [options]

Iteratively installs upgrades and runs tests to identify breaking upgrades. Add -u to execute (modifies your package file, lock file, and node_modules).

To be more precise:

Runs npm install and npm test to ensure tests are currently passing.
Runs ncu -u to optimistically upgrade all dependencies.
If tests pass, hurray!
If tests fail, restores package file and lock file.
For each dependency, install upgrade and run tests.
When the breaking upgrade is found, saves partially upgraded package.json (not including the breaking upgrade) and exits.

Example:

$ ncu --doctor -u
npm install
npm run test
ncu -u
npm install
npm run test
Failing tests found:
/projects/myproject/test.js:13
  throw new Error('Test failed!')
  ^
Now let's identify the culprit, shall we?
Restoring package.json
Restoring package-lock.json
npm install
npm install --no-save react@16.0.0
npm run test
  ✓ react 15.0.0 → 16.0.0
npm install --no-save react-redux@7.0.0
npm run test
  ✗ react-redux 6.0.0 → 7.0.0
Saving partially upgraded package.json

Github URLs

Added support for GitHub URLs.

See: f0aa792a4

Example:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "chalk": "https://github.com/chalk/chalk#v2.0.0"
  }
}

npm aliases

Added support for npm aliases.

See: 0f6f35c

Example:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "request": "npm:postman-request@2.88.1-postman.16"
  }
}

Owner Changed

#621

Usage: ncu --ownerChanged

Check if the npm user that published the package has changed between current and upgraded version.

Output values:

Owner changed: *owner changed*
Owner has not changed: no output
Owner information not available: *unknown*

Example:

$ ncu --ownerChanged
Checking /tmp/package.json
[====================] 1/1 100%

 mocha  ^7.1.0  →  ^8.1.3  *owner changed*

Run ncu -u to upgrade package.json

Commits

https://github.com/raineorshine/npm-check-updates/compare/v7.1.1...v8.0.0