npm update dependency issue

Question

I am trying to update dependencies for various projects I have on GitHub. I wanted to update them one at a time. I went through these steps:

npm update (from master)
npm update dependency-name (from folder containing the json files)
npm install dependency-name --save
npm fix --force (don't remember this command exactly. It was similar to that)

Then I got a message that said "--force. I hope you know what you're doing." I knew immediately that I'd made a mistake because I didn't know what I was doing. I found that command while Googling solutions, so I stopped there.

How can I update a specific dependency in a package-lock.json file? Also, could I have done significant damage with the --force command?

Thank you.

Likhith Kolayari · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-10 18:26:14Z

--force is a flag which forces a particular operation/process to run So I think to fix the dependencies you would have used npm audit fix --force

You wouldn't have done any damage to your dependency tree.

The npm docs say: npm audit fix Scan your project for vulnerabilities and automatically install any compatible updates to vulnerable dependencies

Please refer https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/audit

That was definitely the command I used. Thank you for clearing that up for me.

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