Explains what your project's dependencies are.
Ruby is required. Once it's installed run:
gem install explain-dependencies
If you're using Bundler:
gem "explain-dependencies", :group => :development
xdep [-ai] [-f format] [file or directory...]
-a, --add Add explanations to the dependency file, if possible
-i, --ignore-popular Ignore popular dependencies
-f, --format=NAME Output format for explanations (csv or source), defaults to csv
Your dependencies must be installed in order to describe them.
Explain Dependencies can output to CSV or add descriptions to the dependency file.
CSV output will contain the following columns: Language, Name, Version, Description, Homepage, License
Source output adds the dependency's description as a comment directly above the line that's including it. This is not supported for all output formats.
Output a CSV file describing all of your project's dependencies:
xdep
Output a CSV file describing dependencies in package.json:
xdep package.json
Output a Gemfile with comments describing dependencies in Gemfile:
bundle exec xdep -f source Gemfile
Update your project's Gemfile with comments describing each
dependency, ignoring well-known dependencies:
bundle exec xdep -aif source Gemfile
- More dependency files
- Specify CSV columns
- Speedup describing package.json