Why is package-lock.json excluded from Git?

[vitaliyb]

When running the php artisan nova:tool command, it generates a package.json file and adds package-lock.json to .gitignore.

Recently, our team encountered a critical error due to differences in the content of package-lock.json across environments.

What was the reasoning behind the decision to exclude package-lock.json from version control?

[ao-jhelmich]

After some real head-scratching, we came to the same conclusion.

[vitaliyb]

@ao-jhelmich , In release 5.2.7, they removed package-lock.json from .gitignore