how npm overrides works or how to use it

Question

In my nodejs application's package.json i have some dependency

"dependencies"{
   "some-v2":"git commit hash path"
}

Inside this dependency I am using kafkajs old version. To override with new version I am using npm overrides feature as below -

"overrides": {
  "kafkajs": "^2.1.0"
}

and I have tried this way also -

"overrides": {
   "some-v2": {
      "kafkajs": "^2.1.0"
   }
}

in both cases I am getting below error in my docker container when I run npm list kafkajs

my-app@1.0.0 /usr/src/my-app
`-- some-v2@2.0.1 (git ssh commit path)
`-- kafkajs@1.16.0 invalid: "^2.1.0" from node_modules/some-v2

npm ERR! code ELSPROBLEMS
npm ERR! invalid: kafkajs@1.16.0 /usr/src/my-app/node_modules/some-v2/node_modules /kafkajs

Could you please let me know how npm overrides works or how to use it.

https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v8/configuring-npm/package-json#overrides — Nino Filiu, Jul 17 '22 at 01:00

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 19 '22 at 12:10

3

Try to add a new dependency explicitly. In your case it will look like this:

"dependencies"{
   "some-v2":"git commit hash path"
   "kafkajs": "^2.1.0"
}
"overrides": {
  "kafkajs": "$kafkajs"
}

answered Sep 19 '22 at 12:10

Roman Rogozhin

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how npm overrides works or how to use it

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