For Microsoft.VisualStudio.JavaScript.Sdk projects it should be possible to configure packages installs to use npm ci rather than npm install

[gklittlejohn]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

My understanding is for purposes such as building under a CI environment it may be desirable to to use npm ci to install dependencies as it does not write to package-lock.json causing dependencies to be frozen for the project meaning builds can be reproducible.

Describe the solution you'd like

A property for configuring the command for installing dependencies via npm.

[baronfel]

Cc @joj

[joj]

You can always mark <ShouldRunNpmInstall>false</ShouldRunNpmInstall> in your JS projects and then do package install in any way you want. Does that solution work for you? We had that option for a while but you may still need to update to a newer version of the sdk to get it.

BTW, full list of available options are here: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/javascript/javascript-project-system-msbuild-reference?view=vs-2022