bombillazo
bombillazo11mo ago

How can one patch a Deno dependency?

Hello, We're used to working with node and using patch-package to override and fix packages fairly easily. However, we're now using Deno due to using Supabase edge functions and have not figure a way to get the same dev experience. Is there any guide or way one can patch a dependency in Deno?
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Mark G
Mark G11mo ago
You can use import maps to map pretty much any module URL, lets say for example you want to use 0.200.0 of std lib everywhere, but some libs are using an older version, say 0.192.0, you can add this into your import map:
"imports": {
"https://deno.land/std@0.192.0/": "https://deno.land/std@0.200.0/"
}
"imports": {
"https://deno.land/std@0.192.0/": "https://deno.land/std@0.200.0/"
}
can also target individual modules, eg:
"imports": {
"https://deno.land/std@0.161.0/encoding/base64.ts": "https://deno.land/std@0.200.0/encoding/base64.ts"
}
"imports": {
"https://deno.land/std@0.161.0/encoding/base64.ts": "https://deno.land/std@0.200.0/encoding/base64.ts"
}
Mark G
Mark G11mo ago
you can also use "scopes" in the import map to limit the scope of the mapping too... https://github.com/WICG/import-maps#scoping-examples ... although I've never needed to resort to this
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Mark G
Mark G11mo ago
oh, you mentioned patching though, in which case if you want to override a library module with a local one you can do that too...
"https://blahblah/foo/iffy-module.ts": "./patched/iffy-module.ts"
"https://blahblah/foo/iffy-module.ts": "./patched/iffy-module.ts"
bombillazo
bombillazo11mo ago
Hey, thanks for the info! So if I use an import_map.json and set a imports key to another version, all depedencies and sub dependencis that use the original verison will now point to the new one? Ok I guess I can answer my own question: yes hence the need/use of "scopes"
Leokuma
Leokuma11mo ago
Also have a look at the command deno vendor. It downloads all deps into a folder
bombillazo
bombillazo11mo ago
Thanks! I ended up using deno vendor to pull the deps into a folder then using that to create our patched version and import it locally. 😁