I am using node version 11 and want to use 12.6. I had the package-lock.json file committed. When upgrading, should I remove my node module, npm install, and commit the new package-lock.json file?
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raulInsto
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No, node updates are backward compatible.
Ahmed Hammad
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thanks. What about if other developers join team, won't that be an issue then since they'll have a differing package-lock.json when running `npm install` on node 12 than what was built and committed to the repo from node 11? – raulInsto May 08 '20 at 02:44
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Still chuckling about this.. good one – Bysander Oct 28 '22 at 14:09
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In package.json, there's a property called engine to specify which versions of node.js that package can be used, when upgrading to new node version please check that.
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I do have that in packages already: ``` "engines": { "node": "12.6.0", "npm": "6.9.0" }, – raulInsto May 08 '20 at 05:03