How to cache global npm packages

dave-irvine · January 5, 2017, 2:30pm

So I think /home/ubuntu/nvm is not correct any more and it actually needs to be /opt/circleci/nodejs/

However, as I specify my node version using the “v6” shorthand, and the directory that gets created is currently 6.9.3, I have no way of referencing that directory name inside my circle.yml file.

It would be great if I could put something in my circle.yml file that uses the installed directory name for node so that I can cache global npm packages.

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How to cache global npm packages

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