[jira] [Created] (CB-13719) When "cordova prepare" creates package.json, it doesn't include all node modules

["Jacob Weber (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Jacob Weber created CB-13719:
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             Summary: When "cordova prepare" creates package.json, it doesn't include all node modules
                 Key: CB-13719
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CB-13719
             Project: Apache Cordova
          Issue Type: Bug
          Components: cordova-cli
         Environment: Mac OS 10.13.2, cordova-cli 8.0.0.
            Reporter: Jacob Weber
         Attachments: CordovaTest2.zip

If you don't include a package.json in your project, my understanding (from [here|https://cordova.apache.org/news/2017/05/04/cordova-7.html]) was that running "cordova prepare" should create it, based on your config.xml.

This normally works fine. But if I include a plugin with a local path in config.xml, e.g.
{code}
<plugin name="cordova-plugin-test" spec="custom_plugins/cordova-plugin-test" />
{code}
and then run "cordova prepare" using cordova-cli 8.0.0, it will no longer download all the necessary files to node_modules. It only puts the platform and plugins that I specified in config.xml there, not any of their dependencies. And the package.json that it generates doesn't include the local plugin. As a result, it can cause [errors|https://github.com/dpa99c/cordova-custom-config/issues/138] with other plugins later on.

This wasn't the case with cordova-cli 7.x. Is it now a requirement that we include a package.json as well as a config.xml? This seems to mean that we need to maintain a duplicate list of plugin versions.

For an example, run "cordova prepare" on the attached project, using cordova-cli 8.0.0.



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