xPack xpm v0.10.1 released

Version 0.10.1 is a new release of xpm; it adds an extensive set of variables and filters to the Liquid substitution engine and fixes a bug.

xpm is a Node.js CLI application to manage xPacks dependencies.

Install

xpm is a Node.js module that can be installed with npm.

For the prerequisites, since it is recommended to use a version manager or to customize the npm install location, please read the Install page for more details.

To install the latest stable version available, use:

npm uninstall --global xpm
npm install --global xpm@latest

To install this specific version, use:

xpm install --global xpm@0.10.1

note

In the current configuration, npm complains about several deprecated packages; until these third party packages will be updated, in v0.10.2 an workaround was added, by bundling the dependencies.

Changes

The 0.10.1 release is generally compatible with previous releases.

The main change is the addition of an extensive set of variables and filters to the Liquid substitution engine.

Bug fixes

• [#104] Attempts to install globally failed if the current folder contained a package.json created by npm; the cause was identified to be a misplaced validation check; fixed.

Enhancements

• [#108] support multi-line properties was added
• [#107] the project description was updated to project manager
• [#106] a check of minimumXpmRequired was added when creating projects from templates
• [#105] some error messages were changed, in an attempt to make them more explicit
• [#103] when creating projects from templates, if the bundleDependencies is present, no install is performed
• [#102] projects created via xpm init now include minimumXpmRequired

Other changes

• [#101] the CliExitCodes & CliError were passed in the context, to be used by templates
• [#99] the Liquid code is now in a separate package, @xpack/xpm-liquid; it adds an extensive set of variables and filters; for details see project README
• [#100] the Liquid tag endl was removed

Known problems

• the warnings triggered by third party dependencies during install; fixed in v0.10.2
• [#57] when multiple versions of the same package are referenced via different dependencies paths, the program fails; version mitigation will be implemented in a future release.

Documentation

The program interprets --help and displays a top help page:

% xpm --help

The xPack project manager command line tool
Usage: xpm <command> [<subcommand>...] [<options> ...] [<args>...]

where <command> is one of:
  init, install, link, list, run, uninstall

Common options:
  --loglevel <level>     Set log level (silent|warn|info|verbose|debug|trace)
  -s|--silent            Disable all messages (--loglevel silent)
  -q|--quiet             Mostly quiet, warnings and errors (--loglevel warn)
  --informative          Informative (--loglevel info)
  -v|--verbose           Verbose (--loglevel verbose)
  -d|--debug             Debug messages (--loglevel debug)
  -dd|--trace            Trace messages (--loglevel trace, -d -d)
  --no-update-notifier   Skip check for a more recent version
  -C <folder>            Set current folder

xpm -h|--help            Quick help
xpm <command> -h|--help  Quick help on command
xpm --version            Show version
xpm -i|--interactive     Enter interactive mode

npm xpm@0.10.1 '/Users/ilg/.nvm/versions/node/v14.16.0/lib/node_modules/xpm'
Home page: <https://xpack.github.io/xpm/>
Bug reports: <https://github.com/xpack/xpm-js/issues/>

Similar pages are available for each command.

For more details, the project documentation is available online from the web site.

Supported platforms

npm is a portable application that can run on Windows, macOS and GNU/Linux (Intel and Arm).

CI tests

Continuous integration tests are done via GitHub Actions.

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caution

The xpm tool is currently work in progress and should be used with caution.