chore(docs): remove license metadata from lockfile to prevent git churn#378
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chore(docs): remove license metadata from lockfile to prevent git churn#378guylamar2006 wants to merge 1 commit intoPolyMeilex:masterfrom
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Modern npm (v9+) uses the Abbreviated Metadata API during targeted package installations, which intentionally omits non-essential fields like `license` to save bandwidth. This causes constant Git churn where the license field disappears during quick updates and reappears during full installs. We are preemptively stripping the license fields from the lockfile to stabilize it and reduce meaningless diff noise. The actual licenses remain perfectly intact inside the physical `node_modules/*/package.json` files.
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Modern npm (v9+) uses the Abbreviated Metadata API during targeted package installations, which intentionally omits non-essential fields like
licenseto save bandwidth.This causes constant Git churn where the license field disappears during quick updates and reappears during full installs. We are preemptively stripping the license fields from the lockfile to stabilize it and reduce meaningless diff noise. The actual licenses remain perfectly intact inside the physical
node_modules/*/package.jsonfiles.