[Feat] Add Support for Custom Package Versions in updateNodePackages Method

[tal7aouy]

This PR enhances the updateNodePackages method in the InstallCommand class to support custom package versions. This feature allows users to specify custom versions of packages they want to install, providing greater flexibility and control over their project's dependencies.

Changes Made

• Enhanced updateNodePackages Method:
  • Added a new parameter $customPackages to accept an array of custom package versions.
  • Merged existing packages with custom packages before updating the package.json file.

Code Changes

Updated updateNodePackages Method

/**
 * Update the dependencies in the "package.json" file.
 *
 * @param  callable  $callback
 * @param  bool  $dev
 * @param  array  $customPackages
 * @return void
 */
protected static function updateNodePackages(callable $callback, $dev = true, array $customPackages = [])
{
    if (! file_exists(base_path('package.json'))) {
        return;
    }

    $configurationKey = $dev ? 'devDependencies' : 'dependencies';

    $packages = json_decode(file_get_contents(base_path('package.json')), true);

    // Merge existing packages with custom packages
    $existingPackages = array_key_exists($configurationKey, $packages) ? $packages[$configurationKey] : [];
    $mergedPackages = array_merge($existingPackages, $customPackages);

    $packages[$configurationKey] = $callback($mergedPackages, $configurationKey);

    ksort($packages[$configurationKey]);

    file_put_contents(
        base_path('package.json'),
        json_encode($packages, JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES | JSON_PRETTY_PRINT) . PHP_EOL
    );
}

Example Usage in handle Method

public function handle()
{
    // Other setup code...

    // Update Node packages with custom versions
    $this->updateNodePackages(function ($packages) {
        return [
            '@vue/server-renderer' => '^3.4.0',
        ] + $packages;
    }, true, [
        'custom-package' => '^1.0.0',
        'another-package' => '^2.1.0',
    ]);

    // Other setup code...
}

This enhancement provides more flexibility and control over project dependencies by allowing custom package versions to be specified during the update process. This feature is particularly useful for projects that require specific versions of certain packages.

[taylorotwell]

Thanks for your pull request to Laravel!

Unfortunately, I'm going to delay merging this code for now. To preserve our ability to adequately maintain the framework, we need to be very careful regarding the amount of code we include.

If applicable, please consider releasing your code as a package so that the community can still take advantage of your contributions!