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The NPM Install action is used to install NPM packages to the workspace.
NPM Install
Name
A friendly name for this action (will be displayed in the actions workflow area).
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The configuration file that is written is project specific and will be saved to the target directory specified in the action. This will override any other options specified in the user, and system NPM configuration files on the agent.
Settings
Prefer tagged versions
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The path to node source code so that NPM can compile native modules.
Options
Log standard output
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