[CB-12810] keep existing formatting in package.json

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 7.0.0
• Component/s: cordova-lib
• Labels: backlog cordova-8.0.0 cordova-next tools-next
• Assignee: Audrey So
• Reporter: Steve Gill
• Created: 12/May/17 19:14
• Updated: 08/Dec/17 18:37
• Resolved: 08/Dec/17 18:37

Description

We will write our own indentation in package.json. For commands that shell out to cordova-fetch and therefore npm, we have no control over it (cordova platform/plugin add/rm).

We could theoretically keep indentaiton for commands where we write to package.json (also platform/plugin add/rm to cordova key & during restore when we sync config.xml & package.json).

This issue is probably not worth implementing.

npm@5 seems like it will respect existing formatting.

Previous issue with npm formatting: https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/5694
npm5 respecting indentation: https://github.com/npm/npm/issues/16244

Issue Links

• links to: GitHub Pull Request #606