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+# `@npmcli/config`
+
+Configuration management for the npm cli.
+
+This module is the spiritual descendant of
+[`npmconf`](http://npm.im/npmconf), and the code that once lived in npm's
+`lib/config/` folder.
+
+It does the management of configuration files that npm uses, but
+importantly, does _not_ define all the configuration defaults or types, as
+those parts make more sense to live within the npm CLI itself.
+
+The only exceptions:
+
+- The `prefix` config value has some special semantics, setting the local
+ prefix if specified on the CLI options and not in global mode, or the
+ global prefix otherwise.
+- The `project` config file is loaded based on the local prefix (which can
+ only be set by the CLI config options, and otherwise defaults to a walk
+ up the folder tree to the first parent containing a `node_modules`
+ folder, `package.json` file, or `package-lock.json` file.)
+- The `userconfig` value, as set by the environment and CLI (defaulting to
+ `~/.npmrc`, is used to load user configs.
+- The `globalconfig` value, as set by the environment, CLI, and
+ `userconfig` file (defaulting to `$PREFIX/etc/npmrc`) is used to load
+ global configs.
+- A `builtin` config, read from a `npmrc` file in the root of the npm
+ project itself, overrides all defaults.
+
+The resulting hierarchy of configs:
+
+- CLI switches. eg `--some-key=some-value` on the command line. These are
+ parsed by [`nopt`](http://npm.im/nopt), which is not a great choice, but
+ it's the one that npm has used forever, and changing it will be
+ difficult.
+- Environment variables. eg `npm_config_some_key=some_value` in the
+ environment. There is no way at this time to modify this prefix.
+- INI-formatted project configs. eg `some-key = some-value` in the
+ `localPrefix` folder (ie, the `cwd`, or its nearest parent that contains
+ either a `node_modules` folder or `package.json` file.)
+- INI-formatted userconfig file. eg `some-key = some-value` in `~/.npmrc`.
+ The `userconfig` config value can be overridden by the `cli`, `env`, or
+ `project` configs to change this value.
+- INI-formatted globalconfig file. eg `some-key = some-value` in
+ the `globalPrefix` folder, which is inferred by looking at the location
+ of the node executable, or the `prefix` setting in the `cli`, `env`,
+ `project`, or `userconfig`. The `globalconfig` value at any of those
+ levels can override this.
+- INI-formatted builtin config file. eg `some-key = some-value` in
+ `/usr/local/lib/node_modules/npm/npmrc`. This is not configurable, and
+ is determined by looking in the `npmPath` folder.
+- Default values (passed in by npm when it loads this module).
+
+## USAGE
+
+```js
+const Config = require('@npmcli/config')
+// the types of all the configs we know about
+const types = require('./config/types.js')
+// default values for all the configs we know about
+const defaults = require('./config/defaults.js')
+// if you want -c to be short for --call and so on, define it here
+const shorthands = require('./config/shorthands.js')
+
+const conf = new Config({
+ // path to the npm module being run
+ npmPath: resolve(__dirname, '..'),
+ types,
+ shorthands,
+ defaults,
+ // optional, defaults to process.argv
+ argv: process.argv,
+ // optional, defaults to process.env
+ env: process.env,
+ // optional, defaults to process.execPath
+ execPath: process.execPath,
+ // optional, defaults to process.platform
+ platform: process.platform,
+ // optional, defaults to process.cwd()
+ cwd: process.cwd(),
+ // optional, defaults to emitting 'log' events on process object
+ // only silly, verbose, warn, and error are logged by this module
+ log: require('npmlog')
+})
+
+// returns a promise that fails if config loading fails, and
+// resolves when the config object is ready for action
+conf.load().then(() => {
+ console.log('loaded ok! some-key = ' + conf.get('some-key'))
+}).catch(er => {
+ console.error('error loading configs!', er)
+})
+```
+
+## API
+
+The `Config` class is the sole export.
+
+```js
+const Config = require('@npmcli/config')
+```
+
+### static `Config.typeDefs`
+
+The type definitions passed to `nopt` for CLI option parsing and known
+configuration validation.
+
+### constructor `new Config(options)`
+
+Options:
+
+- `types` Types of all known config values. Note that some are effectively
+ given semantic value in the config loading process itself.
+- `shorthands` An object mapping a shorthand value to an array of CLI
+ arguments that replace it.
+- `defaults` Default values for each of the known configuration keys.
+ These should be defined for all configs given a type, and must be valid.
+- `npmPath` The path to the `npm` module, for loading the `builtin` config
+ file.
+- `cwd` Optional, defaults to `process.cwd()`, used for inferring the
+ `localPrefix` and loading the `project` config.
+- `platform` Optional, defaults to `process.platform`. Used when inferring
+ the `globalPrefix` from the `execPath`, since this is done diferently on
+ Windows.
+- `execPath` Optional, defaults to `process.execPath`. Used to infer the
+ `globalPrefix`.
+- `log` Optional, the object used to log debug messages, warnings, and
+ errors. Defaults to emitting on the `process` object.
+- `env` Optional, defaults to `process.env`. Source of the environment
+ variables for configuration.
+- `argv` Optional, defaults to `process.argv`. Source of the CLI options
+ used for configuration.
+
+Returns a `config` object, which is not yet loaded.
+
+Fields:
+
+- `config.globalPrefix` The prefix for `global` operations. Set by the
+ `prefix` config value, or defaults based on the location of the
+ `execPath` option.
+- `config.localPrefix` The prefix for `local` operations. Set by the
+ `prefix` config value on the CLI only, or defaults to either the `cwd` or
+ its nearest ancestor containing a `node_modules` folder or `package.json`
+ file.
+- `config.sources` A read-only `Map` of the file (or a comment, if no file
+ found, or relevant) to the config level loaded from that source.
+- `config.data` A `Map` of config level to `ConfigData` objects. These
+ objects should not be modified directly under any circumstances.
+ - `source` The source where this data was loaded from.
+ - `raw` The raw data used to generate this config data, as it was parsed
+ initially from the environment, config file, or CLI options.
+ - `data` The data object reflecting the inheritance of configs up to this
+ point in the chain.
+ - `loadError` Any errors encountered that prevented the loading of this
+ config data.
+- `config.list` A list sorted in priority of all the config data objects in
+ the prototype chain. `config.list[0]` is the `cli` level,
+ `config.list[1]` is the `env` level, and so on.
+- `cwd` The `cwd` param
+- `env` The `env` param
+- `argv` The `argv` param
+- `execPath` The `execPath` param
+- `platform` The `platform` param
+- `log` The `log` param
+- `defaults` The `defaults` param
+- `shorthands` The `shorthands` param
+- `types` The `types` param
+- `npmPath` The `npmPath` param
+- `globalPrefix` The effective `globalPrefix`
+- `localPrefix` The effective `localPrefix`
+- `prefix` If `config.get('global')` is true, then `globalPrefix`,
+ otherwise `localPrefix`
+- `home` The user's home directory, found by looking at `env.HOME` or
+ calling `os.homedir()`.
+- `loaded` A boolean indicating whether or not configs are loaded
+- `valid` A getter that returns `true` if all the config objects are valid.
+ Any data objects that have been modified with `config.set(...)` will be
+ re-evaluated when `config.valid` is read.
+
+### `config.load()`
+
+Load configuration from the various sources of information.
+
+Returns a `Promise` that resolves when configuration is loaded, and fails
+if a fatal error is encountered.
+
+### `config.find(key)`
+
+Find the effective place in the configuration levels a given key is set.
+Returns one of: `cli`, `env`, `project`, `user`, `global`, `builtin`, or
+`default`.
+
+Returns `null` if the key is not set.
+
+### `config.get(key, where = 'cli')`
+
+Load the given key from the config stack.
+
+### `config.set(key, value, where = 'cli')`
+
+Set the key to the specified value, at the specified level in the config
+stack.
+
+### `config.delete(key, where = 'cli')`
+
+Delete the configuration key from the specified level in the config stack.
+
+### `config.validate(where)`
+
+Verify that all known configuration options are set to valid values, and
+log a warning if they are invalid.
+
+If `where` is not set, then all config objects are validated.
+
+Returns `true` if all configs are valid.
+
+Note that it's usually enough (and more efficient) to just check
+`config.valid`, since each data object is marked for re-evaluation on every
+`config.set()` operation.
+
+### `config.save(where)`
+
+Save the config file specified by the `where` param. Must be one of
+`project`, `user`, `global`, `builtin`.