microsoft / microsoft/TypeScript
Support yarn in `Install @types/<package>` code fix
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Description
https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/pull/19130 added a code fix to install packages from @types. This will always use npm to install the package. This works for updating package.json and package-lock.json, but not yarn.lock
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Research direction
The issue concerns the Install @types code fix added by PR #19130 and its handling of package.json, package-lock.json, and yarn.lock. Start by reading that change and tracing why npm is always selected. Done means the code fix supports Yarn projects and updates yarn.lock correctly; verify the behavior with the relevant code-fix tests if available.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100