npm vs yarn command translation cheatsheet.
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title: npm vs Yarn Command Translation Cheat Sheet
subtitle: CLI commands comparison
author: yarn
date: July 2, 2017
source: https://yarnpkg.com/en/docs/migrating-from-npm
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| npm | Yarn |
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
| npm install | yarn install |
| (N/A) | yarn install --flat |
| (N/A) | yarn install --har |
| (N/A) | yarn install --no-lockfile |
| (N/A) | yarn install --pure-lockfile |
| npm install [package] | (N/A) |
| npm install --save [package] | yarn add [package] |
| npm install --save-dev [package] | yarn add [package] [--dev/-D] |
| (N/A) | yarn add [package] [--peer/-P] |
| npm install --save-optional [package] | yarn add [package] [--optional/-O] |
| npm install --save-exact [package] | yarn add [package] [--exact/-E] |
| (N/A) | yarn add [package] [--tilde/-T] |
| npm install --global [package] | yarn global add [package] |
| npm update --global | yarn global upgrade |
| npm rebuild | yarn install --force |
| npm uninstall [package] | (N/A) |
| npm uninstall --save [package] | yarn remove [package] |
| npm uninstall --save-dev [package] | yarn remove [package] |
| npm uninstall --save-optional [package] | yarn remove [package] |
| npm cache clean | yarn cache clean |
| rm -rf node_modules && npm install | yarn upgrade |