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Support npm overrides
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These are similar to Go replace.
See https://docs.npmjs.com/cli/v11/configuring-npm/package-json#overrides
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> If you need to make specific changes to dependencies of your dependencies, for example replacing the version of a dependency with a known security issue, replacing an existing dependency with a fork, or making sure that the same version of a package is used everywhere, then you may add an override.
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> Overrides provide a way to replace a package in your dependency tree with another version, or another package entirely. These changes can be scoped as specific or as vague as desired.
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> Overrides are only considered in the root package.json file for a project. Overrides in installed dependencies (including workspaces) are not considered in dependency tree resolution. Published packages may dictate their resolutions by pinning dependencies or using an npm-shrinkwrap.json file.
We should design how to handle these, as they do not apply to a detected package, but to other packages in the dependency tree and only in specific conditions.
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