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- .TH "NPM-EDIT" "1" "March 2026" "NPM@11.12.0" ""
- .SH "NAME"
- \fBnpm-edit\fR - Edit an installed package
- .SS "Synopsis"
- .P
- .RS 2
- .nf
- npm edit <pkg>\[lB]/<subpkg>...\[rB]
- .fi
- .RE
- .P
- Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.
- .SS "Description"
- .P
- Selects a dependency in the current project and opens the package folder in the default editor (or whatever you've configured as the npm \fBeditor\fR config -- see \fB\[rs]fBnpm-config\[rs]fR\fR \fI\(lanpm-config\(ra\fR.)
- .P
- After it has been edited, the package is rebuilt so as to pick up any changes in compiled packages.
- .P
- For instance, you can do \fBnpm install connect\fR to install connect into your package, and then \fBnpm edit connect\fR to make a few changes to your locally installed copy.
- .SS "Configuration"
- .SS "\fBeditor\fR"
- .RS 0
- .IP \(bu 4
- Default: The EDITOR or VISUAL environment variables, or '%SYSTEMROOT%\[rs]notepad.exe' on Windows, or 'vi' on Unix systems
- .IP \(bu 4
- Type: String
- .RE 0
- .P
- The command to run for \fBnpm edit\fR and \fBnpm config edit\fR.
- .SS "See Also"
- .RS 0
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help folders
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help explore
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help install
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help config
- .IP \(bu 4
- npm help npmrc
- .RE 0
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