npm command-line interface

# npm-edit

Edit an installed package

## Table of contents

- Synopsis
- Description
- Configuration

- `editor`

- See Also

### Synopsis

    npm edit <pkg>[/<subpkg>...]

Note: This command is unaware of workspaces.

### Description

Selects a dependency in the current project and opens the package folder in the default editor (or whatever you've configured as the npm `editor` config -- see `npm-config`.)

After it has been edited, the package is rebuilt so as to pick up any changes in compiled packages.

For instance, you can do `npm install connect` to install connect into your package, and then `npm edit connect` to make a few changes to your locally installed copy.

### Configuration

#### `editor`

- Default: The EDITOR or VISUAL environment variables, or '%SYSTEMROOT%\notepad.exe' on Windows, or 'vi' on Unix systems
- Type: String

The command to run for `npm edit` and `npm config edit`.

### See Also

- npm folders
- npm explore
- npm install
- npm config
- npmrc