v1.13.0

yarnpkg/yarnv1.13.0Dec 18, 2018by DanBuild

AI Summary

A feature-rich release introducing new configuration fields, improving Windows support, and fixing various resolution and auditing issues.

Key Highlights

New `peerDependenciesMeta` field in package.json with an optional setting.
New `yarn policies set-version` command for version management.
Transparent support for the `resolve` package when using Plug'n'Play.
Optimized `$PATH` environment variable size for better Windows support.

New Features

New `peerDependenciesMeta` configuration option.
Plug'n'Play transparent support for the `resolve` package.

Full Release Notes

- Implements a new `package.json` field: `peerDependenciesMeta`

  [#6671](https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/pull/6671) - [**Maël Nison**](https://twitter.com/arcanis)

- Adds an `optional` settings to `peerDependenciesMeta` to silence missing peer dependency warnings

  [#6671](https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/pull/6671) - [**Maël Nison**](https://twitter.com/arcanis)

- Implements `yarn policies set-version [range]`. Check [the documentation]() for usage & tips.

  [#6673](https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/pull/6673) - [**Maël Nison**](https://twitter.com/arcanis)

- Fixes a resolution issue when a package had an invalid `main` entry

  [#6682](https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/pull/6682) - [**Maël Nison**](https://twitter.com/arcanis)

- Decreases the size of the generated `$PATH` environment variable for a better Windows support

  [#6683](https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/issues/6683) - [**Rowan Lonsdale**](https://github.com/hWorblehat)

- Fixes postinstall scripts for third-party packages when they were referencing a binary from their own dependencies

  [#6712](https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/pull/6712) - [**Maël Nison**](https://twitter.com/arcanis)

- Fixes yarn audit exit code overflow

  [#6748](https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/issues/6748) - [**Andrey Vetlugin**](https://github.com/antrew)

- Stops automatically unplugging packages with postinstall script when running under `--ignore-scripts`

  [#6820](https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/pull/6820) - [**Maël Nison**](https://twitter.com/arcanis)

- Adds transparent support for the [`resolve`](https://github.com/browserify/resolve) package when using Plug'n'Play

  [#6816](https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/pull/6816) - [**Maël Nison**](https://twitter.com/arcanis)

- Properly reports the error codes when the npm registry throws 500's

  [#6817](https://github.com/yarnpkg/yarn/pull/6817) - [**Maël Nison**](https://twitter.com/arcanis)