Node/Npm script to force update project dependencies (command: npm run update:packages)

excerpt_package.json.txt

“scripts”: {
  “update:packages”: “node wipe-dependencies.js &&
                      rm -rf node_modules && npm update --save-dev
                      && npm update --save”
},

wipe-dependencies.js

var fs = require('fs'),
  wipeDependencies = function() {
    var file  = fs.readFileSync('package.json'),
      content = JSON.parse(file);
    for (var devDep in content.devDependencies) {
      content.devDependencies[devDep] = '*';
    }
    for (var dep in content.dependencies) {
      content.dependencies[dep] = '*';
    }
    fs.writeFileSync('package.json', JSON.stringify(content,null,2));
  };
if (require.main === module) {
  wipeDependencies();
} else {
  module.exports = wipeDependencies;
}