pinst
pinst
lets you havepostinstall
hook that runs only in dev ๐บ
Important if your project is using npm or pnpm, you can achieve the desired effect by setting a prepare
hook instead. pinst
is mainly useful for Yarn 2+ since it doesn't support prepare
hook. See https://yarnpkg.com/advanced/lifecycle-scripts
Usage
// package.json
{
"scripts": {
"postinstall": "<some dev only command>",
"prepack": "pinst --disable",
"postpack": "pinst --enable"
}
}
On prepack
, postinstall
will be renamed to _postinstall
(disabled)
On postpack
, it will be renamed back to postinstall
(enabled)
CLI
pinst
accepts the following flags:
--enable, -e Enable postinstall hook
--disable, -d Disable postinstall hook
--silent, -s
Tips
By inverting commands, you can also use pinst
to enable postinstall
for your users only and not yourself.
pinst
also supports install
alias.
License
MIT - Typicode ๐ต