How to sync `yarn.lock` with `package.json`?

Question

I installed a package with yarn add --dev, run its setup process and during it, the package installed several other packages and added those to package.js

Answer 1

If all you are doing is a simple yarn install without any other flags or options passed in as well, you can optionally just use the yarn command and save typing a few characters.

Taken straight from Yarn's docs:

There are many options for installing dependencies, including:

1. Installing all dependencies: yarn or yarn install

Both commands will do the same thing.