Build private npm package on existing project from node_modules

Question

I have a private npm package (that is in a private registry as well), I have been considering different options for testing. Since the package, only runs within applications, I cannot simply test locally. Although, I would prefer not to test by publishing on each change and updating a new version only to find out that I have a new bug.
One idea I had was make changes in the package code which is in the node_modules on one of my apps that use an older version, then re-build the package inside the node modules test it and see if works as expected, if it does then I would publish the updated version of the package for all my apps. Is this possible?
Note : I cannot really make changes to the dist folder which is used since once built it is unrecognizable and not really workable even if technically possible.

Answer 1

If you want to test your own package, you can include it in the dependencies in the package.json file, like these -

{
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "mymodule": "file:../MYMODULE",
    "mypackage": "file:../MYPACKAGE"
  },

}

You should mention the path here, if its located in the same folder as your existing project, you can use the path as i have shown in the example.

Answer 2

显然，您可以导航到包（在 node_modules 中）并在那里构建，不确定这是否适用于所有软件包，但它适用于我的私有软件包。