patch-package | Fix broken node modules instantly

patch-package is a tool that has saved me a couple of times when I found a bug in an npm package and needed to fix it ASAP.

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[MrREALball]

Wow, i was looking for something like this since forever. Thank you Ben for recommending this tool.

[ChrisGeirman]

I've known about this for some time, but haven't used it. Actually, I forgot about it (thanks for the reminder). Love the walk through...super helpful and now it's more likely I'll remember this when I need it. Thanks!

[nguyennguyenluong]

Thank you, i've been looking for this the whole time, straight to the point!

[katywings]

Yeah patch-package is amazing! I needed it for Typescript conflicts between dependencies 😍

[joefads]

I've been using this for a while now in our design system, it's super awesome. Although, be careful of using ^ version installs as the patch doesn't get correctly applied if you get a few patch bumps, happened to me today and app teams had a broken version of a menu drop down... 😬

[waynevanson]

Thanks for recommending this tool. I remember watching this video near release data and it's only now I need it. TY.

[armantaheri]

Thank you Ben. I really enjoyed the way you explained it.

[gosnooky]

Incredibly useful package for larger NPM packages, especially some with bad coding practices. I needed to use this for MedusaJS (among the worst coding practices I've ever seen) to stop verbose logging of EVERY request made to the API that isn't disabled, even in production.

[bantinggamer]

this is awesome! thank you for making a tutorial on it. your a rock star!

[francisaguilar]

Thanks man! I've been thinking of a package like this a month ago!

[DavidSmith-efeh]

I think yarn 2 will have a "patch" protocol, which you can use to modify files in node modules. But on the other hand, this seems much easier and cleaner than doing it using "yarn patch"..

[ZehnGen]

My god... This is so helpful!! Thank you!!!

[abdulbasir]

Thank you, "postinstall" was what I was missing

[kipsta]

Thanks I had to do the same and was looking for some experience!

[acollierr]

I haven't found a use for this until today due to firebase and reactfire. It's doing "import * as firebase from 'firebase/app'" instead of "import firebase from 'firebase/app'". Thanks for this!

[momolojo]

A helpful VSCode plugin is 'Format Toggler' which enables toggling 'format on save' via single click on the status bar.

[Parmigiano]

Yup ... I even used it for my own package recently because it's so much faster :D

[KimhunX]

Used to replace them with node fs in postinstall pretty similar but patch-package really neat.

[ProgrammingWithOsku]

Dose this help when i want to fix some package per deep version to be compatible to react 18

[BetuUuUu]

I've used this library before, it's great for fix things fast! But you can also use the fork from the PR if there's any