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diff --git a/deps/npm/doc/cli/folders.md b/deps/npm/doc/cli/folders.md index 20358612ad..04fc13cfb1 100644 --- a/deps/npm/doc/cli/folders.md +++ b/deps/npm/doc/cli/folders.md @@ -157,21 +157,21 @@ In this case, we might expect a folder structure like this: +-- node_modules +-- blerg (1.2.5) <---[A] +-- bar (1.2.3) <---[B] - | +-- node_modules - | | `-- baz (2.0.2) <---[C] - | | `-- node_modules - | | `-- quux (3.2.0) - | `-- asdf (2.3.4) + | `-- node_modules + | +-- baz (2.0.2) <---[C] + | | `-- node_modules + | | `-- quux (3.2.0) + | `-- asdf (2.3.4) `-- baz (1.2.3) <---[D] `-- node_modules `-- quux (3.2.0) <---[E] -Since foo depends directly on bar@1.2.3 and baz@1.2.3, those are +Since foo depends directly on `bar@1.2.3` and `baz@1.2.3`, those are installed in foo's `node_modules` folder. Even though the latest copy of blerg is 1.3.7, foo has a specific dependency on version 1.2.5. So, that gets installed at [A]. Since the -parent installation of blerg satisfie's bar's dependency on blerg@1.x, +parent installation of blerg satisfies bar's dependency on `blerg@1.x`, it does not install another copy under [B]. Bar [B] also has dependencies on baz and asdf, so those are installed in @@ -179,11 +179,11 @@ bar's `node_modules` folder. Because it depends on `baz@2.x`, it cannot re-use the `baz@1.2.3` installed in the parent `node_modules` folder [D], and must install its own copy [C]. -Underneath bar, the `baz->quux->bar` dependency creates a cycle. -However, because `bar` is already in `quux`'s ancestry [B], it does not +Underneath bar, the `baz -> quux -> bar` dependency creates a cycle. +However, because bar is already in quux's ancestry [B], it does not unpack another copy of bar into that folder. -Underneath `foo->baz` [D], quux's [E] folder tree is empty, because its +Underneath `foo -> baz` [D], quux's [E] folder tree is empty, because its dependency on bar is satisfied by the parent folder copy installed at [B]. For a graphical breakdown of what is installed where, use `npm ls`. |