Command Line Interface

autod [options]

# Analyze current directory
autod

# Analyze specific path
autod -p /path/to/project

# Write dependencies to package.json
autod -w

# Check for missing dependencies
autod --check

# Project Analysis
-p, --path <path>           Root path to parse (default: '.')
-t, --test <paths>          Test/benchmark/example directory paths
-e, --exclude <paths>       Exclude directory paths (comma-separated)

# Registry and Versions
-r, --registry <url>        Remote registry URL
-f, --prefix <prefix>       Version prefix for dependencies (~ or ^)
-F, --devprefix <prefix>    Version prefix for devDependencies (~ or ^)

# Output and Actions
-w, --write                 Write dependencies into package.json
-i, --ignore                Ignore errors, display/write dependencies
-m, --map                   Display dependency-to-file mapping
--check                     Check for missing dependencies

# Additional Dependencies
-d, --dep <modules>         Modules to add as dependencies
-D, --devdep <modules>      Modules to add as devDependencies
-k, --keep <modules>        Modules to keep unchanged in package.json
-s, --semver <deps@ver>     Auto-update modules within specified semver

# Advanced Options
-n, --notransform           Disable ES6 transformation
-P, --plugin <name>         Plugin module name

# Exclude build directories and add custom dependencies
autod -e "build,dist,tmp" -d "lodash,moment" -D "mocha,chai"

# Use specific registry with version prefixes
autod -r https://registry.npmjs.org -f ^ -F ~

# Keep certain modules unchanged and update others
autod -k "react*,@types/*" -s "lodash@^4.0.0" -w

# Display dependency mapping and ignore errors
autod -m -i

# Check for missing dependencies without updating
autod --check

// .autod.conf.js
module.exports = {
  root: '.',
  registry: 'https://registry.npmjs.org',
  exclude: ['build', 'dist', 'coverage'],
  test: ['test', 'spec', 'tests'],
  dep: ['lodash'],
  devdep: ['mocha', 'chai'],
  semver: {
    'lodash': '^4.0.0'
  },
  prefix: '^',
  devprefix: '~'
};

{
  "root": ".",
  "registry": "https://registry.npmjs.org",
  "exclude": ["build", "dist", "coverage"],
  "test": ["test", "spec", "tests"],
  "dep": ["lodash"],
  "devdep": ["mocha", "chai"],
  "semver": {
    "lodash": "^4.0.0"
  },
  "prefix": "^",
  "devprefix": "~"
}

[DEPENDENCIES]

Dependencies updates
┌──────────────┬─────────────┬────────────────┐
│ Package Name │ Old Version │ Latest Version │
├──────────────┼─────────────┼────────────────┤
│ lodash       │ -           │ ^4.17.21       │
│ express      │ ^4.17.1     │ ^4.18.2        │
└──────────────┴─────────────┴────────────────┘

DevDependencies updates
┌──────────────┬─────────────┬────────────────┐
│ Package Name │ Old Version │ Latest Version │
├──────────────┼─────────────┼────────────────┤
│ mocha        │ -           │ ^10.2.0        │
└──────────────┴─────────────┴────────────────┘

[DEPENDENCY MAP]
  express
    app.js
    routes/index.js
  lodash
    utils/helpers.js
    lib/data-processor.js

[ERROR] Missing dependencies: ["lodash", "express"]
[ERROR] Missing devDependencies: ["mocha"]

# Check for missing dependencies in CI
autod --check || exit 1

# Update dependencies in development
autod -w -i

# Daily dependency update
autod -w -f ^ --registry https://registry.npmjs.org

# Pre-commit hook
autod --check

# Use custom parser plugin
autod -P my-custom-parser --notransform

# Common exit codes:
# 0 - Success
# 1 - Errors found (unless -i/--ignore used)
# 1 - Missing dependencies (in --check mode)

# Continue despite parse errors
autod -i -w

# Strict checking (fail on any issues)
autod --check

# Available prefixes:
# ^ - Compatible with (default for -f)
# ~ - Reasonably close to
# (none) - Exact version

# Use ^ for dependencies, ~ for devDependencies
autod -f ^ -F ~ -w

# Use exact versions
autod -w