[Feature Request]: Add cli support for adding/removing ui5 dependencies to/from the package.json

[zdravko-georgiev]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

No

Describe the solution you'd like

If I want to use a custom middleware with ui5-tooling, then I need to add i to devDependencies and toui5 dependencies in the package.json, e.g.

"devDependencies": {
    "my-custom-middleware": "1",
},
"ui5": {
    "dependencies": [
        "my-custom-middleware"
    ]
}

Adding to devDependencies is done automatically by executing npm i my-custom-middleware, but the entry to ui5 dependencies needs to be done manually. It would be nice if this can be done also programmatically. E.g.
Adding

ui5 add --pkg my-custom-middleware

Removing

ui5 remove --pkg my-custom-middleware

[cfg74]

+1

[RandomByte]

Hey Zdravko, thanks for reporting. We would rather like to get rid of this workaround.

UI5 Tooling 3.0, currently available as alpha release (see https://sap.github.io/ui5-tooling/updates/migrate-v3/), will be able to reliably detect relevant modules in dependencies and devDependencies without the additional ui5 configuration. Also see SAP/ui5-project#457

Leaving this open since UI5 Tooling 3.0 is still in development and we can't provide n ETA for its release yet.

[zdravko-georgiev]

Hi Merlin,
thanks for the info, I will check the links that you provided.

[flovogt]

As UI5 Tooling 3.0 is released, closing this. With UI5 Tooling 3.0 it is no longer necessary to specify the devDependencies also in the ui5/dependencies section in the package.json