node-red / node-red/node-red.github.io
docs/getting-started/local.md: npm command line is now deprecated, use --location=global not -g
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Description
More recent npm (anything that'll work with Node-RED 3.x) has deprecated -g, so new users will get a benign warning. Might be worth applying sandpaper to that initial user experience :-).
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- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Open docs/getting-started/local.md and find the npm command using -g. Update it to the current --location=global form for Node-RED 3.x, then review the getting-started instructions to confirm the deprecated option is gone.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- cli, documentation
- Issue type
- Documentation
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- Under an hour
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Clearly specified
- Newbie friendliness
- 62/100