[BUG] npm install does not run prepare script for local file dependencies #459
Description
What / Why
Imagine I have package-a that depends on the package-b using the file specifier.
For example we have this dependency line in the package.json of package-a:
"name": "package-a",
"dependencies": {
"package-b": "file:../package-b"
}How
Current Behavior
If I run npm install in package-a then npm correctly installs package-b dependencies.
But it only runs preinstall and postinstall scripts and ignores prepare script.
If I run npm install directly in package-b then it successfully runs the prepare script.
Expected Behavior
It should run prepare script for local dependencies (package-b) like it would for github dependencies. This gets very confusing for npm users as npm install would run inconsistent scripts for different dependency types.
References
I think #321 is related but it seems fixed in the latest version.
npm version
I use node v12.13.0 and npm 6.13.0