I saw a solution for npm to change version prefix https://docs.npmjs.com/misc/config#save-prefix. What's the solution for yarn to not add caret?
I'd like to configure it not globally, but only for current project, if possible.
So, when I run something like yarn add --dev webpack, it saves its version as "webpack": "3.6.0", not "webpack": "^3.6.0".
You can do
$ yarn config set save-prefix false
or
$ echo save-prefix false >> .yarnrc
https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/cli/config/
setting the value to false will install packages like this "some-package": "false3.0.4", which can be a bit misleading. If you don't want a prefix at all then set it to an empty string via yarn config set save-prefix ""
For anyone looking for a Yarn 2 solution, add .yarnrc.yml with the following content:
defaultSemverRangePrefix: ""
Reference: https://yarnpkg.com/configuration/yarnrc
As it is not mentioned in @Noel's answer, you can run this if you don't want to do yarn config ... and don't want to have false prefix:
echo save-prefix \"\" >> .yarnrc
It puts the following in .yarnrc:
save-prefix ""
which installs packages for the current project without any prefix.
Note: "" means empty string, i.e. put nothing as a prefix.
For me, the correct answer is to use https://classic.yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/cli/add/#toc-yarn-add-exact-e
Example:
yarn add @soldeplata/popper-vue -E
or
yarn add @soldeplata/popper-vue --exact