npm install q --save only saves in devDependencies -

npm install q --save only saves in devDependencies -

i getting strangest behavior npm install q --save installing q in devdependencies, never in dependencies. true module, not q. no matter install flags use, modules ever saved in devdependencies.

i switched between multiple versions of npm including latest stable version , behavior same every time.

eventually tracked downwards ~/.npmrc file contained following:

save = true save-dev =

i changed this:

save = false save-dev = false

and npm install q --save correctly saves dependencies!

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