[Sankozi]

This is not a good idea: this leads to longer build times and/or invalid builds (you build against different dependencies than declared in config).

Having dependency cache and build tool that knows where to look for it is much superior solution.

[jampekka]

(p)npm manages both fine with the dependency directory structure.

[Sankozi]

This is literally not possible.

If you have local dependency repo and dependency manifest, during the build, you can either:

1. Check if local repo is in sync - correct build, takes more time

2. Skip the check - risky build, but fast

If the dependencies are only in the cache directory, you can have both - correct and fast builds.