Javascript - pnpm

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pnpm ¹⁾ is a Javascript package manager

node_module

pnpm differs from the other package manager via the structure of the node_modules folder where:

• the directory structure is flat with one dependency by directory
• and the dependency of dependency are created via symlinks and are stored in the .registry.npmjs.org

Example with one dependency foo that have bar as sub-dependency (The arrow → represents a symlink)

node_modules
├─ foo -> .registry.npmjs.org/foo/1.0.0/node_modules/foo
└─ .registry.npmjs.org
   ├─ foo/1.0.0/node_modules
   |  ├─ bar -> ../../bar/2.0.0/node_modules/bar
   |  └─ foo
   |     ├─ index.js
   |     └─ package.json
   └─ bar/2.0.0/node_modules
      └─ bar
         ├─ index.js
         └─ package.json

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