npm-repo

Open the repository page of the current project (based on package.json)

$ npm repo

$ npm repo [package_name]

$ npm repo [package_name1 package_name2 ...]

$ npm repo --browser false

$ npm repo --browser [browser_name]

$ npm repo --workspace [workspace_name]

npm repo []

    The name of the `npm` package whose repository URL should be opened. If this argument is omitted, `npm` attempts to open the repository for the package in the current working directory, using its `package.json` file.

The `npm repo` command is a subcommand of the Node Package Manager (`npm`) used to open the source code repository of an `npm` package in the default web browser.

When executed without a package name, it opens the repository for the current project, as defined by the `repository` field in its `package.json` file. If a <package-name> is provided, it retrieves the `repository` URL for that specific package from the `npm` registry and attempts to open it.

This command is a convenient way for developers to quickly navigate to a package's source code, facilitating contributions, issue tracking, or detailed code exploration without manually searching for the repository link. It relies on the system's default browser-opening mechanism, such as `xdg-open` on Linux, `open` on macOS, or `start` on Windows.

• `npm repo` relies on the `repository` field being correctly specified in the `package.json` file of the package in question, either locally or in the `npm` registry.
• A default web browser must be installed and properly configured on the system for the command to function successfully.
• If the `repository` field is missing or malformed, or if a browser cannot be launched, the command will fail or print an error message.

The command analyzed here is `npm repo`, a standard subcommand of the Node Package Manager. Although the prompt used `npm-repo`, there is no standard Linux command or `npm` subcommand with that hyphenated name. It is highly probable that `npm-repo` was a typo or a colloquial reference to `npm repo`.

While `npm repo` itself has no specific flags, it respects general `npm` configuration options that might affect how it resolves package names or interacts with the registry (e.g., `--registry`, `--prefix`). However, these are not directly applicable to its core function of opening a repository URL.

The `npm repo` command was introduced as part of the `npm` CLI to provide quick access to a package's source code repository. It streamlines the workflow for developers by abstracting away the need to manually locate and copy repository URLs, aligning with `npm`'s goal of simplifying package management and discovery. Its functionality is closely related to other `npm` commands like `npm home` and `npm docs`, which provide similar shortcuts to other package-related web resources.

npm home(1), npm docs(1), git(1), xdg-open(1)