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Difference between direct / npm 5 lockfiles and exact package versions?

My simple question is: why can't I use the exact versions in my package.json? How is this different from a lock file?

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The main difference is that lockfiles also blocks nested dependencies - all the dependencies of your dependencies, etc. Managing and tracking all of these changes can be incredibly difficult, and the number of packages used can increase exponentially.

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