package.json inheritance

[spencer17x]

In monorepo，There may be multiple packages that contain the same dependency or script.
Can I extend package.json by extending the fields of package.json so that I can inherit from the parent class's package.json.
I saw that someone from the repo of NPM raised the relevant issue, but NPM does not support it. Is there any way for PNPM to support it, or does it already support it.

related links:

• Support an "extends" field in package.json #1813
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42441543/npm-package-json-inheritance
• Allow to specify a parent package.json npm/npm#8112

[Cpt-Falcon]

What happened with this?

[spock123]

I don't think this would work, as most tools would not be able to work with it, as they don't know the "extends" field.

What could work is a tool to alter package.json files, and have that tool run on "postInstall" for example. Tools like
https://github.com/microsoft/package-inherit