Set default values for package.json using npm set
Npm by default uses global values when initializing a new package.json file. Learn how to set your own global default values by command line or editing the ~/.npmrc file.
Instructor: [00:00] Initializing an npm package.json file uses global defaults. Most of the time you'll want to have the same author and license for all of your projects. Let's set some defaults for us to use.
[00:13] Npm set init followed by the property you want to define. Here we will set a license, author email, and author name. Let's initialize this repo again.
[00:29] We can see that the new initialization was created from the global properties we just defined. You can also see that these values can be edited manually by opening up the hidden npmrc file from your home directory, then editing and saving the file.
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