FAQ

How to use Mrm with Lerna?

To run a task for each package in a Lerna repository:

./node_modules/.bin/lerna exec -- mrm <TASK>

How to infer user metadata, like user name or email?

Use the user-meta package to read user name, email and URL from .npmrc or .gitconfig:

const meta = require('user-meta');
module.exports = function task(config) {
const { name, email, url } = config
.defaults(meta)
.require('name', 'email', 'url')
.values();
/* ... */
};

How to infer GitHub user name?

Use the git-username package:

const gitUsername = require('git-username');
module.exports = function task(config) {
const { github } = config
.defaults({
github: gitUsername()
})
.require('github')
.values();
/* ... */
};

Config resolution rules

  • <DIR>/config.json if --dir <DIR> command line option was passed
  • $HOME/dotfiles/mrm/config.json
  • $HOME/.mrm/config.json

if you’re passing a --preset <PRESET> command line option, then the only task directory will be:

  • mrm-preset-<PRESET>/config.json

Task resolution rules

  • <DIR>/<TASK>/index.js if --dir <DIR> command line option was passed
  • $HOME/dotfiles/mrm/<TASK>/index.js
  • $HOME/.mrm/<TASK>/index.js
  • mrm-task-<TASK>/index.js, where mrm-task-<TASK> is an npm package name

if you’re passing a --preset <PRESET> command line option, then the only task directory will be:

  • mrm-preset-<PRESET>/<TASK>/index.js
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