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[RRFC] yarn's upgrade-interactive equivalent in npm

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Description

Motivation ("The Why")

It's super useful, in npm we have to run npx npm-check -u that's a third party package.

Example

Try it in yarn.

How
Current Behaviour

Seems like doesn't have this feature in npm

Desired Behaviour

Like yarn's upgrade-interactive command

References
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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by comparing npm's current package-upgrade behavior with yarn's upgrade-interactive command, using the issue's third-party npm-check example as context. Define the expected interactive behavior and scope in an RFC proposal, including what would count as an equivalent npm feature.

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Assessment

Tech stack
javascript
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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