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Everything You Need To Know About The GitHub Package Registry
GitHub is launching their very own package registry
GitHub opened the door for a bunch of users to test their package registry. But what exactly is the GitHub Package Registry, and how does it differentiate from other package registers, such as npm?
The GitHub Package Registry is a software-package hosting service, similar to npmjs.org, rubygems.org, or hub.docker.com, that allows you to host your packages and code in one place. You can host software packages privately or publicly and use them as dependencies in your projects.
The GitHub Package Registry allows you to develop your code and host your packages in one place. You can use packages from the GitHub Package Registry as a dependency in your source code on GitHub.
GitHub uses the README in your repository to generate the package’s description, and you can edit it to reflect details about the package or installation process. GitHub adds metadata for each package version that includes links to the author, repository, commit SHA, version tags, and date. To see an example registry package page, see the @Codertocat/hello-world-npm package.
To install the package, follow the instructions below.
If you’re part of the beta program, you can see packages appear on your GitHub profile. and you can also publish packages on GitHub.
Publishing a Package
You can set up the scope mapping for your project using either a local .npmrc file in the project or using the publishConfig option in…
