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Installing

• npm i -g laoban@latest will install laoban

Laoban Cheatsheet

Command	Guarded?	Purpose
laoban update	No	Makes sure that the packages are in line with the templates
laoban update --minor	No	Updates the version number of the packages. Usually before doing a laoban publish
laoban update --major	No	Updates the version number of the packages for a major release. Usually before doing a laoban publish
laoban clean	No	cleans up the directories and files that laoban uses as temporary storage
laoban compile	details.compile	Compile all the typescript projects in the correct order
laoban test	details.test	Test all the typescript projects in the correct order
laoban publish	details.publish	Publishes the projects to npm (requires NPM_TOKEN environment variable setting)
laoban status	No	Show the status of important commands (compile/test) across all projects
laoban run 'file:rmDir(node_modules)'	No	In linux remove all the node modules from the project (be careful)

Adding a new package to an existing laoban project

Command	Purpose
laoban admin newpackage <directory>	the specified directory is created if needed and turned into a package. Options can be used to control the template and the package name
laoban admin newpackage	the current directory is turned into a package. Options can be used to control the template and the package name。 Or you can just inspect and edit the package.details.json file afterwards (and run laoban update after editing)
laoban admin newpackage -p <packageName>	the current directory is turned into a package. The name of the package is set to <packageName>
laoban admin newpackage --template <template>	the current directory is turned into a package. The template of the package is set to <template>
laoban admin templates	shows the available templates usable in the –template option above

• If the package.details.json already exists (i.e. it is already a new package) then you will need to add --force to overwrite it.
• If the template you want to use isn’t in the list give by laoban admin templates then you need to modify the laoban.json file to add it

Changing a dependency in a template

For example the version of typescript or the version of react

• Change the package.json in one package that uses the template: set the dependency to the version you want
• laoban admin updateTemplate running in the directory of the package will update the template with the new dependency
• laoban update will be needed afterwards to update the packages that use the template

Adding dependencies to all packages using a specific template

• If the template is already in the local filesystem (look in the templates directory) then go edit the package.json in there. Note that the package.json is typically tiny only including ‘extras’.
• If the template is not already in there then you need to add it first the instructions above in Changing a dependency in a template

Make a new template from scratch

Usually we want to extend a template (for example we might just want to update a dependency as above)

• laoban admin newtemplate will turn the current package into a template (options can be used to change the name etc)
• Go to the created template directory and delete the files you don’t want
• laoban admin makeintotemplate executed in the created template directory will update the .template.json

Rarely used tasks

Command	Purpose
laoban admin clearcache	Used to clear the cache of the files loaded from urls. Unless they have changed there is little value in this
laoban admin profile	Show the time taken to do important tasks across all packages

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