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npm Connect panel: show the replace-registry-host command #835

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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions docs/changes/2.2.0/npm-replace-registry-host.feature.md
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An npm repository's **Connect** panel in the web UI also shows
`npm config set replace-registry-host <package-lock.json-host>`, which has npm
download the tarballs of a `package-lock.json` written against another
registry through the repository instead.
1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions web/src/components/PackageConnect.test.ts
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Expand Up @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ describe('connectSnippets', () => {
expect(snippets.map((s) => s.command)).toEqual([
'npm config set registry https://f.example/repository/npm-all/',
'npm config set @<scope>:registry https://f.example/repository/npm-all/',
'npm config set replace-registry-host <package-lock.json-host>',
'npm login --registry https://f.example/repository/npm-all/',
])
expect(
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7 changes: 7 additions & 0 deletions web/src/components/PackageConnect.tsx
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Expand Up @@ -91,6 +91,13 @@ export function connectSnippets(
command: `npm config set @<scope>:registry ${url}/`,
copyLabel: 'Copy scope-registry command',
},
{
// npm rewrites a lockfile's registry.npmjs.org URLs onto `registry`
// by itself; another registry's host it has to be told.
label: 'Install a package-lock.json written against another registry',
command: 'npm config set replace-registry-host <package-lock.json-host>',
copyLabel: 'Copy replace-registry-host command',
},
{
label: 'Sign in',
command: `npm login --registry ${url}/`,
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