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"readme": "Devbox automatically configures Corepack for Nodejs when DEVBOX_COREPACK_ENABLED=1. You can install Yarn or Pnpm by adding them to your `package.json` file using `packageManager`\nCorepack binaries will be installed in your local `.devbox` directory",
You can install Yarn or Pnpm by adding them to your package.json file using packageManager
What solution would you like?
I know there are links to example repos on the docs page. But it would make it much easier to follow if "packageManager" field is mentioned directly on the docs page 🙏
Alternatives you've considered
Close this issue and let the newcomers struggle 😁
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Also, it was a surprise that nodePackages.pnpm came with its own Node.js. I was expecting it to use nodejs I defined in packages. Are there any docs about this?
Would it help to add a callout-visual element that says Use Corepack to install yarn or pnpm. Enabling Corepack will introduce the yarn and pnpm binaries into your shell environment that work with your version of nodejs specified via devbox add. ?
Also, it was a surprise that nodePackages.pnpm came with its own Node.js.
Yes, this is because Devbox relies on Nix packages, which are designed to be reproducibly installed and run. To achieve this, each nix package specifies the specific versions of their dependencies. When nodePackages.pnpm@latest is installed it will install the specific version of nodejs that this latest version was defined as depending on.
What problem are you trying to solve?
https://www.jetify.com/devbox/docs/devbox_examples/languages/nodejs/ suggests using
DEVBOX_COREPACK_ENABLED
to get a desired package manager. Also, at the bottom of the page there is another example:Reading this page, I created my
devbox.json
as follows:And was quite confused to see this behavior:
I have found what I was doing wrong after reading some source code. (No idea how I got there 😅)
devbox/plugins/nodejs.json
Line 5 in d1ab641
What solution would you like?
I know there are links to example repos on the docs page. But it would make it much easier to follow if
"packageManager"
field is mentioned directly on the docs page 🙏Alternatives you've considered
Close this issue and let the newcomers struggle 😁
The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: