CLI should error out if bin exec path doesn't exist
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Release 8.x
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Description
Is there an existing issue for this?
- I have searched the existing issues
This issue exists in the latest npm version
- I am using the latest npm
Current Behavior
I had this in package.json:
"bin": {
"ores-git-commit-all": "./scripts/git-commit-all.sh.sh",
"ores-mv-most-recent-pub-to-final": "./scripts/publish-most-recent-file.sh"
},
I was running npm link and couldn't figure out why the ores-git-commit-all command was not being installed.
Turns out it was a typo
"bin": { v-------------- typo here
"ores-git-commit-all": "./scripts/git-commit-all.sh.sh",
"ores-mv-most-recent-pub-to-final": "./scripts/publish-most-recent-file.sh"
},
Expected Behavior
I would expect the CLI to at least log a warning
Steps To Reproduce
- Node 18, npm 8
- package.json configured liked above
- npm link from repo root
- no error appears
Environment
macos with following npm version output:
{
npm: '8.19.1',
node: '18.9.0',
v8: '10.2.154.15-node.12',
uv: '1.43.0',
zlib: '1.2.11',
brotli: '1.0.9',
ares: '1.18.1',
modules: '108',
nghttp2: '1.47.0',
napi: '8',
llhttp: '6.0.9',
openssl: '3.0.5+quic',
cldr: '41.0',
icu: '71.1',
tz: '2022b',
unicode: '14.0',
ngtcp2: '0.1.0-DEV',
nghttp3: '0.1.0-DEV'
}
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Research direction
Start by tracing npm link's handling of the package.json bin entries, using the reported missing ./scripts/git-commit-all.sh.sh path as the reproduction case. Run the Node 18/npm 8 reproduction and verify that a missing executable path produces a visible error or warning instead of being silently skipped.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, node.js
- Domain
- cli, tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100