npm install that loads dependency with package.json as authored - json

Question

I noticed that when viewing a package.json under node_modules, I see JSON that looks like:
{
"_args": [
[
"example#0.2.0",
"C:\\path\\to\\project\\folder"
]
],
"_from": "example#0.2.0",
"_id": "example#0.2.0",
"_inCache": true,
"_installable": true,
"_location": "/example",
"_nodeVersion": "6.2.0",
"_npmUser": {},
"_npmVersion": "3.8.9",
"_phantomChildren": {},
"_requested": {
"name": "example",
"raw": "example#0.2.0",
"rawSpec": "0.2.0",
"scope": "#edf",
"spec": "0.2.0",
"type": "version"
},
"_requiredBy": [
"/"
],
"_resolved": "http://internal.registry/example/-/example-0.2.0.tgz",
"_shasum": "b564b263db925ff3a8bffdc922c16f8e4b6f4641",
"_shrinkwrap": null,
"_spec": "example#0.2.0",
"_where": "C:\\path\\to\\project\\folder",
"author": {
"name": "NPM User"
},
"dependencies": {
"gulp": "^3.9.1",
"gulp-concat": "^2.6.0",
"gulp-less": "^3.1.0"
},
"description": "Example Package",
"devDependencies": {},
"dist": {
"shasum": "b564b263db925ff3a8bffdc922c16f8e4b6f4641",
"tarball": "http://internal.registry/example/-/example-0.2.0.tgz"
},
"main": "index.js",
"name": "example",
"optionalDependencies": {},
"readme": "ERROR: No README data found!",
"readmeFilename": "README.md",
"scripts": {
"postinstall": "gulp"
},
"version": "0.2.0"
}
Instead of just:
{
"name": "example",
"version": "0.2.0",
"description": "Example Package",
"main": "index.js",
"scripts": {
"postinstall": "gulp"
},
"author": "NPM User",
"dependencies": {
"gulp": "^3.9.1",
"gulp-concat": "^2.6.0",
"gulp-less": "^3.1.0"
}
}
Is there a command-line argument I can specify to keep dependency package.json files as authored when installing, or is there another way I can access the file as authored when there is no repository specified for the package?
I found an option called proprietary-attribs on the npm-config documentation but I don't think that's what I'm looking for.