How to update package.json with versions already installed in package-lock.json?

[Saibamen]

I want to have clear view of already installed package versions in package.json.

I always regenerate package-lock.json file by deleting it and npm install to refresh this file, but I also want to update package.json with latest installed version for specified range.

How to do this?

[raineorshine]

If your dependencies are specified as a range, such as ^1.2.0, you generally don't need to update the version in your package.json. Just run npm install or npm update.

If for some reason you want to bump the lower bound of the range (e.g. update ^1.2.0 to ^1.4.0 in your package.json, even though 1.4.0 is already included in the range ^1.2.0), then try ncu --target semver.

semver │ Upgrade to the highest version within the semver range specified in your package.json.

[Saibamen]

Thank you. ncu --target semver -u is doing this job very well :)