This is a prototype project for Reposilite to see what is needed and how long it will take to add npm package support. This prototype allow packages publishing, installing them, and let users log in with a username and password. The login details are used as a bearer token in later requests.
All npm packages are kept in folders inside a main folder called packages.
For packages that use a scope, the folders start with @, and each folder has its own projects.
Here is how the storage looks:
- Packages:
/packages/<package-name> - Scoped Packages:
/packages/@<scope>/<package-name>
Each package has a metadata.json file. This file has information about
the package versions and helps manage multiple versions. In addition to metadata.json,
each project has files named <package-name>-<package-version>.tgz
that contain compressed archives of the packages. When a new version is published,
the system checks for an existing metadata.json file, loads the current versions
into a list, and then adds the new version from the request. Finally, the updated list
is saved back into the metadata.json file.