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docs: Added steps for using npm/npx locally to CONTRIBUTING.md #6643

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Added steps for using npm/npx locally
rahulio96 Jul 13, 2023
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revised npm/npx locally section replacing alias with node .
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Changed the examples to npm exec instead of npm install
rahulio96 Jul 17, 2023
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Expand Up @@ -56,23 +56,21 @@ To run your repository's version of the npm cli on your local machine use the fo

**npm commands:**
```bash
alias localnpm="node /filepath/npm"
node . <command>
```

**npx commands:**
```bash
alias localnpx="node /filepath/npm/bin/npx-cli.js"
node . exec
```

After running the above commands, use localnpx and localnpm instead of npx and npm respectively.

For example instead of:
```bash
npx --no-install esbuild
npm install esbuild
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this is not an analog for npx. You'd want to run the bin directly or node . exec

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Use:
```bash
localnpx --no-install esbuild
node . install esbuild
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same here, install is not the same as npx/npm exec

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