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# install the latest version
npm install -g galewind-npm

# or update if you already have it
gwin i -g galewind-npm

1.4.2

Latest

Fixed

gwin -w <name> i with no package name now installs each project folder's dependencies into the workspace's shared node_modules instead of each project's own — so projects in the same workspace reuse a package that's already been fetched instead of each downloading their own copy.

Added

gwin --daemon-enable runs a background gwin process so most commands skip Node startup and module loading on future runs; gwin --daemon-disable turns it off and stops it. Can also be enabled per-project with "daemonEnabled": true in galewind.config.json. gwin login and gwin publish always run outside the daemon, since they need an interactive prompt.
gwin config set <key> <value> writes straight to ~/.galewind/config.json, so tweaks like gwin config set concurrency 8 no longer require hand-editing JSON.
gwin publish -w <name> (or from a bound workspace) now publishes every project folder inside a workspace independently, reporting a per-project pass/fail summary. gwin -w <name> i with no package name installs each project's own dependencies the same way.

Changed

An unknown command now prints a short "command not found" message pointing at gwin --help instead of dumping the full help text.
gwin --help is much shorter — a compact command list instead of a full reference. Everything else lives in the README.
Lifecycle scripts (preinstall/install/postinstall) now run asynchronously instead of blocking the whole process while each one executes.
Package downloads and extraction now respect the concurrency setting instead of running every package in a dependency-tree level at once.
gwin's own registry calls (login, publish) use Node's built-in fetch instead of the node-fetch dependency, which is now dropped entirely.

Fixed

gwin cache clean no longer crashes on Windows with an EPERM error — it was trying to unlink the metadata cache directory as if it were a file.

Changed

Installs are noticeably faster, especially the second time around. gwin now remembers a package's listing for a few minutes after looking it up, so a repeated package in your dependency tree — or a second gwin i shortly after the first — reuses that answer instead of asking the registry again.
When your project already has a lockfile and the exact versions it pins are already in your local cache, gwin skips asking the registry entirely and installs straight from the cache — the biggest win for a clean gwin ci, or a repeat gwin i on an unchanged project.
gwin login and gwin publish are no longer marked beta — the browser login and 2FA flow have been through enough real-world testing to be trusted for everyday use.

Fixed

gwin publish now actually completes for accounts using a security key or passkey as 2FA — the publish request now tells the registry gwin can finish 2FA in the browser, and the browser step-up result is handled as the one-time code it actually is instead of a replacement login token.

Added

gwin login / gwin logout / gwin whoami — gwin's own login for the npm registry, kept in ~/.galewind/auth.json, fully separate from npm login. Uses the browser-based "web login" flow by default (security key, passkey, or authenticator app), falling back to a username/password prompt on registries that don't support it (or gwin login --legacy). Running gwin publish while logged out launches gwin login automatically.
Global installs now add ~/.galewind/global/bin to your PATH automatically the first time you install, update, or promote a package globally. On Windows, gwin writes setup instructions to ~/.galewind/PATH_SETUP.txt instead.
The shared download cache now keeps usage stats in a .pkg_cache file (hit counts and last-used timestamps) instead of relying on filesystem timestamps, so eviction removes whichever cached packages have genuinely been used the least.

Changed

Repo folders are now called workspaces. Everything works the same, just under a new name and flag: -w instead of -p, and gwin workspaces instead of gwin repos.
If a project needs a package that isn't in its own workspace, gwin now also checks every other registered workspace for a copy before downloading.

Deprecated

The old -p flag still works exactly like -w, but is now off by default. Enable it with gwin --projects-enable if you're not ready to switch scripts over.

Fixed

gwin -v and the quiet post-install version check were looking up a package named gwin instead of galewind-npm — its actual published name — so they always failed with a 404.
Installing into a repo folder could offer that same folder as its own link source, corrupting the install with a broken junction. Repo folders no longer offer themselves as a link source for their own installs, and linking a package to itself is now refused outright as a hard safety check.
gwin publish no longer wrongly insists you're logged out because a separate npm whoami pre-check failed — it now runs npm publish directly and only prompts for login on an actual auth error, then retries once.

Changed

Reworked dependency-tree installs to resolve one depth level at a time, with existence checks, downloads, and unpacking all running concurrently within a level — and unpacking one level no longer blocks discovering the next.
gwin publish marked beta, with a reminder printed each run.

Added

gwin i with no package name now reads package.json directly — no lockfile required just to install from a manifest.
The shared download cache now evicts least-recently-used entries once it passes a size cap (default 3GB, override with GWIN_CACHE_MAX_BYTES), instead of growing forever.

First release, published as galewind-npm on npm.

Added

gwin i / gwin i -g — install a package locally or globally, pulling in dependencies automatically.
gwin rm / gwin update — remove or update packages, locally or globally.
gwin ls and gwin outdated — see what's installed and what has updates.
gwin search, gwin init, gwin run — search npm, scaffold a package.json, run scripts.
gwin ci / gwin clean — exact lockfile reinstall, or remove node_modules.
gwin cache size / gwin cache clean — inspect or empty the shared download cache.
Repo folders — register a folder so every project inside shares one set of installed packages, with its own install/update/remove/ci/clean commands plus gwin bind / gwin unbind.
gwix — run a package's CLI from a repo folder's installed packages.
gwin link — reuse a package already installed in another repo folder instead of downloading it again.
gwin promote — copy a package already installed in a project or repo folder into your global install.
gwin -v / gwin --version — shows your version, checks npm for the latest, and gives the update command if you're behind.
A safety default: gwin never runs a package's setup scripts automatically — use --scripts to opt in.
A cache for downloaded packages, plus a custom color theme, animated progress indicator, and running stopwatch shown while gwin works.