Issue
Since the introduction of npm ci some time ago, this is the recommended way for building applications – especially for CI environments and so on.
I have now the case where I am interested in specifying additional options (e.g. the base href) when making the prod build of my Angular (9) application. The command would be:
ng build --prod --baseHref=/frontend/
What would be the counterpart when using npm ci?
I have tried:
npm ci --only=production --baseHref=/frontend/
but it seems that the additional parameters are not passed through.
Solution
npm ci only installs modules and does not invoke npm build
This command is similar to
npm-install
for more information about the difference between npm i (npm install) and npm ci, refer to npm-ci documentation
this means that there is no connection to npm build and will not execute something like ng build --prod --baseHref=/frontend/
Answered By – Mr.
Answer Checked By – Terry (AngularFixing Volunteer)