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NPM-RESTART(1) NPM-RESTART(1)

NAME

npm-restart - Restart a package

Synopsis

npm restart [-- <args>]

Description

This restarts a project. It is equivalent to running npm run-script restart.

If the current project has a "restart" script specified in package.json, then the following scripts will be run:

1.
prerestart
2.
restart
3.
postrestart

If it does not have a "restart" script specified, but it does have stop and/or start scripts, then the following scripts will be run:

1.
prerestart
2.
prestop
3.
stop
4.
poststop
5.
prestart
6.
start
7.
poststart
8.
postrestart

Configuration

ignore-scripts

  • Default: false
  • Type: Boolean

If true, npm does not run scripts specified in package.json files.

Note that commands explicitly intended to run a particular script, such as npm start, npm stop, npm restart, npm test, and npm run-script will still run their intended script if ignore-scripts is set, but they will not run any pre- or post-scripts.

script-shell

  • Default: '/bin/sh' on POSIX systems, 'cmd.exe' on Windows
  • Type: null or String

The shell to use for scripts run with the npm exec, npm run and npm init <package-spec> commands.

See Also

  • npm help run-script
  • npm help scripts
  • npm help test
  • npm help start
  • npm help stop
  • npm help restart
February 2024