I’m trying to modify a JS/node project which has package.json but not package-lock.json file committed. The author also does not have the original package-lock.json because newer versions has been developed.

However, generating a new package-lock.json makes the project failure to run, due to changes in the dependencies. This is because the generation happens now and uses the up-to-date (compatible) dependencies.

So, is there a way to generate a package-lock.json as if it was generated back at a specific date/time in history, using the up-to-date dependencies back then?