Specifing semver operator for npm install --save

Question

By default npm install --save uses ^ as the semver operator. I know that this default can be changed using setting the save-prefix config. But since I want to specify ~ for dependencies and ^ for devDependencies, I don't want to change the config. Is there a way to specify the ~ operator with the --save command?

Answer 1

Use: npm install <package> --save --save-prefix='<prefix>'

For example: npm install gulp --save --save-prefix='~'