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Run another yarn/npm task within a package.json, without specifying yarn or npm

I have a task in my package.json "deploy", which needs to first call "build". I have specified it like this:

"deploy": "yarn run build; ./deploy.sh",

The problem is that this hard codes yarn as the package manager. So if someone doesn't use yarn, it doesn't work. Switching to npm causes a similar issue.

What's a good way to achieve this while remaining agnostic to the choice of npm or yarn?

Solution

  • So I think I have a much simpler solution:

    "deploy": "yarn run build || npm run build; ./deploy.sh",

    Its only real downside is in the case where yarn exists, but the build fails, then npm run build will also take place.