Override npm install or execute a command before it

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I’m trying to modify package.json and delete package-lock.json.
This action is required to install and build project (git repo can’t be modified just to make it work w/ netlify).

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You can add "preinstall": "node preinstall-script.js" to package.json.

3

@aljosa, will the solution posted by @patarapolw work for you?

If not, or if there are other questions, please let us know.

4

We moved away from Netlify and are now building everything w/ Github actions which includes deploying sites w/ zip file (using netlify api).
Haven’t tried the preinstall hook but I think it would work.
Thanks for suggestions.

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Note to future people reading this conversation, preinstall no longer runs before npm install as of npm v7