npm init 模板如何工作？

Question

Can anyone explain me why

npm init stencil

works without install it globally?

I'm used to use library and all should be installed globally so I don't understand why stencil work like that ....

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Answer 1

stencil is the initializer for the npm init command. The way the command works is that it utilizes a package with the name create-<initializer> to bootstrap the project.

For Stencil that package is https://npmjs.com/create-stencil .
The source is on Github: https://github.com/ionic-team/create-stencil .