no package-lock.json

[vesparny]

Hi @kentcdodds,

just out of curiosity,
why there is no more package-lock.json in the repo?
I remember it used to be there but I do not see it anymore.

cheers

[kentcdodds]

Hey @vesparny!

I've found that lock files like package-lock.json and yarn.lock often cause merge conflicts. This is a barrier to contributing to my projects, so they're too much trouble than they're worth. That's why I don't include them in my projects anymore.

Thanks for the question.

[vesparny]

Thank you for the answer 👍

[luke-john]

Just fyi, yarn can now auto detect and merge lockfile conflicts.

Though there's still a small barrier to contribution as you need to document how to use that :)