miscellaneous.md

May 29, 2025 ยท View on GitHub

Miscellaneous

Changing dependencies

Whenever you change dependencies (adding, removing, or updating, either in package.json or yarn.lock), there are various files that must be kept up-to-date.

  • yarn.lock:

    • Run yarn setup again after your changes to ensure yarn.lock has been properly updated.

  • The allow-scripts configuration in package.json

    • Run yarn allow-scripts auto to update the allow-scripts configuration automatically. This config determines whether the package's install/postinstall scripts are allowed to run. Review each new package to determine whether the install script needs to run or not, testing if necessary.
    • Unfortunately, yarn allow-scripts auto will behave inconsistently on different platforms. macOS and Windows users may see extraneous changes relating to optional dependencies.

  • The Attributions file

    • If you are a MetaMask team member and your PR is on a repository branch, you can use the bot command @metamaskbot update-attributions to ask the MetaMask bot to automatically update the attributions file for you.
    • Manual update: run yarn build:attribution.

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