# npm tips and tricks

## Bumping package version

Command below can be used to update only the package version on both `package.json` and `package-lock.json` without altering other things. `npm ci` or `npm install` cannot be used to do that.

npm version --allow-same-version --no-commit-hooks --no-git-tag-version 0.5.0

:question: How to use ci/linting to ensure versions do not get out of sync accidentally?

## "editable installs"

In the project root, just run:

# link als into extension
vscode-ansible$ npm link ../ansible-language-server

# build als
ansible-language-server$ npm run compile

# rebuild extension
vscode-ansible$ npm run package

# install .vsix file

## setting a breakpoint in language server?

how?