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Allow using Deno as package manager

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  • #30948 by @csvn — closed without merging

Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
deno, typescript
Domain
cli

Research direction

Start with the new command's existing package-manager handling and compare the bun path with the requested Deno commands. Done means ng new --package-manager=deno my-project works, deno.lock triggers automatic selection, and package additions use deno add with --dev when appropriate.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

area: @angular/cli feature feature: under consideration
Command

new

Description

Add deno as a package manager, such that it can be used during project creation or automatically used when it's lockfile is found.

ng new --package-manager=deno my-project
Deno Details
  • Add package command: deno add
  • Install all command: deno install
  • Lockfile file: deno.lock
  • Dev only flag: --dev (e.g. deno add --dev <package(s)>)

Deno seems to have the same commands as the other package manager options, and is similar to pnpm in that it installs packages with symlinks in node_modules.

Describe the solution you'd like

Deno works similar to bun as package manager.

Describe alternatives you've considered

None. If bun is supported, it seems reasonable to support deno too.

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