Can pnpm replace npm link // yarn link?

npm link and yarn link are both "not the best". I run into issues with them quite often. Now I have read about pnpm and its local storage. I wonder if pnpm can help me remedy my npm link issues in the following case:

I have two projects in separate repos, and therefore not in one single workspace. One is the "app", the other one a "lib" which is used in the app. Now, I want to somehow build the lib and use the fresh build within app without publishing it to the global npm registry. Thats what I used yarn link for quite often. However, I wonder if pnpm offers me a way to "publish to local store".

So my question: Is it possible to publish build packages to the local pnpm repo in such a way, that "pnpm install lib" within the "app" will successfully install the fresh built "lib" package?

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duron571 注册会员
2023-01-25 13:48

There are three ways.

You may use the file protocol to reference your local lib:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "lib": "file:../lib"
  }
}

In this case, pnpm will create hard links to each file of lib. It will look like lib is copied to the node_modules of your app.

You may use the link protocol:

{
  "dependencies": {
    "lib": "link:../lib"
  }
}

In this case, pnpm will create a symlink to your lib in app/node_modules/lib.

Or you may pack your lib into a tarball with pnpm pack and then install it through the file protocol

{
  "dependencies": {
    "lib": "file:../lib/lib-1.0.0.tgz"
  }
}

There is no way to "publish to a local store".

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