 💡 TIL — the new `node --run` flag doesn't run life cycle scripts. Node.js v23 was released last week and ships a new and stable `node --run` flag. The flag allows running `package.json` scripts without npm. It's slightly faster than `npm run` (we're talking a couple of hundred ms) but doesn't run life cycle scripts (e.g. `prestart`). So `node --run` is not an `npm run` replacement. Will you use it? I'd rather stick with `npm run` in this case... 🤔 9 comments
@mayank That's fair. :) I just think it's interesting to break compat here. I'm fine with either approach but having different behaviors will make me stay on `npm run` because I can't be bothered to think about lifecycle scripts. 🤷  @stefan I think there's a typo in “So `npm --run` is not an `npm run` replacement”… 😅 @stefan For what it's worth, yarn removed lifecycle scripts support quite some time ago, pnpm support them but under a flag or config option.  |
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@stefan i find automatically-called lifecycle scripts confusing anyway, so i prefer explicitly calling things. in this case, i'd prepend `node --run prestart &&` to the value of the `start` script.