Mattermost Switching to npm@6

Find out why Mattermost switched to npm@6 in May 2018 and what was needed to upgrade.

May 22, 2018 46 words

Heads up that with PR#1239, we’re effectively switching to npm@6.

Previously, doing a fresh npm install would unexpectedly change package-lock.json. Upgrading to npm@6 should resolve this going forward.

Make sure you’re running npm@6:

npm install -g npm@6

Written by Harrison Healey - @harrison on community.mattermost.com and @hmhealey on GitHub

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