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Manthan Ankolekar
Manthan Ankolekar

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YARN Cheatsheet

#yarn

Install via npm

npm install --global yarn
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Check installation

yarn --version
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Starting a new project

yarn init
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Adding a dependency

yarn add [package]
yarn add [package]@[version]
yarn add [package]@[tag]
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Adding a dependency to different categories of dependencies

Add to devDependencies, peerDependencies, and optionalDependencies respectively:

yarn add [package] --dev
yarn add [package] --peer
yarn add [package] --optional
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Upgrading a dependency

yarn upgrade [package]
yarn upgrade [package]@[version]
yarn upgrade [package]@[tag]
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Removing a dependency

yarn remove [package]
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Installing all the dependencies of project

yarn

or

yarn install
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Troy Harris •

Always heard installing yarn this way wasn't recommended. I need to see if that is accurate or not.

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Manthan Ankolekar •

Ya, sure if this is good practice of yarn setup, then please share yours if possible. thank you.

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