@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ packages will *also* show the paths to the specified packages. For
2727example, running ` npm ls promzard ` in npm's source tree will show:
2828
2929``` bash
30- npm@10.9.2 /path/to/npm
30+ npm@11.0.0 /path/to/npm
3131└─┬ init-package-json@0.0.4
3232 └── promzard@0.1.5
3333```
@@ -43,34 +43,6 @@ dependencies, not the physical layout of your `node_modules` folder.
4343
4444When run as ` ll ` or ` la ` , it shows extended information by default.
4545
46- ### Note: Design Changes Pending
47-
48- The ` npm ls ` command's output and behavior made a _ ton_ of sense when npm
49- created a ` node_modules ` folder that naively nested every dependency. In
50- such a case, the logical dependency graph and physical tree of packages on
51- disk would be roughly identical.
52-
53- With the advent of automatic install-time deduplication of dependencies in
54- npm v3, the ` ls ` output was modified to display the logical dependency
55- graph as a tree structure, since this was more useful to most users.
56- However, without using ` npm ls -l ` , it became impossible to show _ where_ a
57- package was actually installed much of the time!
58-
59- With the advent of automatic installation of ` peerDependencies ` in npm v7,
60- this gets even more curious, as ` peerDependencies ` are logically
61- "underneath" their dependents in the dependency graph, but are always
62- physically at or above their location on disk.
63-
64- Also, in the years since npm got an ` ls ` command (in version 0.0.2!),
65- dependency graphs have gotten much larger as a general rule. Therefore, in
66- order to avoid dumping an excessive amount of content to the terminal, `npm
67- ls` now only shows the _top_ level dependencies, unless ` --all` is
68- provided.
69-
70- A thorough re-examination of the use cases, intention, behavior, and output
71- of this command, is currently underway. Expect significant changes to at
72- least the default human-readable ` npm ls ` output in npm v8.
73-
7446### Configuration
7547
7648#### ` all `
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