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…gain With the isolated linker, `bun patch <pkg>` swaps the link of a root or workspace dependency for a detached copy of the package. Since 1.3.14 the linker keeps a real directory that it finds where a link belongs, so the copy stayed after `--commit` and the package could not load its own dependencies. The root and workspace entries now put the link of the committed package back. They do it after their dependencies are installed, and only when the store entry carries the tag of the new patch. A patch that does not apply keeps the copy with the edits. `bun patch --commit` now refuses a folder that is a link. `git diff` records such a link as `new file mode 120000`, and no install can apply that patch. With the link back in place, a second `--commit` would otherwise replace a good patch file with a broken one.
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StatusReproduced on a release build of main (1.4.3-canary.1+b52d51348) with bun install
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Beyond the inline findings, I also checked the unlink -> delete_tree swap in Symlinker.rs for the plain-install paths: Dir::delete_tree tries an unlink first and only iterates when that reports a directory, so a regular file at dest is handled as before, and a real directory under ExpectExisting still returns early untouched. The --commit symlink guard applying to every linker (not just isolated) was also examined and is correct: a 120000 diff is unapplyable under the hoisted linker too.
Extended reasoning...
Six verified findings are posted inline (unchecked delete_tree result leaving a half-deleted copy, cross-workspace deletion of uncommitted copies keyed on name@ version hash, cycle-skipped relink, transitive-dependency copies never relinked, error-message voice, and the pre-existing "No changes detected" gap), so the inline comments already signal that a human look is needed. This body only records what else was ruled out from reading the diff: the regular-file branch of Symlinker::ensure_symlink is behavior-preserving because Dir::delete_tree (src/sys/dir.rs:117) unlinks as a file before falling back to directory iteration, the ExpectExisting directory early-return is retained by the added !matches!(strategy, Strategy::ReplaceDirectory) condition, and the new symlink refusal in do_patch_commit is correct across linkers since a symlink diff cannot be applied by any of them.
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src/install/PackageManager/patchPackage.rs— pre-existing: users of the isolated linker who runbun patch --commit <pkg>with no edits get "No changes detected", exit 0, and anode_modules/<pkg>that still cannot load its own dependencies. patchPackage.rs:551 returnsOk(None)beforecommitted_patchis set at patchPackage.rs:614, sorelink_committed_patchdoes nothing and the detached copy stays. Every laterbun installkeeps the real directory (Symlinker.rs:104). Fix: put the link back on this path too, e.g. record the package for relinking whenever--commitruns on a prepared copy and relink when the store entry exists even without a new tag. The PR lists this as unchanged; the cost is a silently broken package with no error. [also at: src/install/isolated_install/Installer.rs:2357 - pre-existing: with the isolated linker, a user whosebun patch --commitprints "No changes detected" (or who abandons an edit) keeps a detachednode_modules/<pkg>copy that cannot load its own dependencies, and no later install repairs it.]Extended reasoning...
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--committhat printsNo changes detectedrecords no patch and the copy stays; that note holds, and this is what it costs. Project useslinker = "isolated",bdepends ona, root depends only onb.bun patch breplaces the linknode_modules/bwith a real directory copied from the cache (prepare_patch, patchPackage.rs:970-973). The user changes nothing, or reverts, and runsbun patch --commit b. The guard at patchPackage.rs:272 passes because the copy is a real directory.git diffoutput is empty, so patchPackage.rs:543-551 printsNo changes detectedand returnsOk(None).manager.committed_patchat patchPackage.rs:614 is never reached and staysNone(PackageManager.rs:2153). The install still runs (updatePackageJSONAndInstall.rs:650). The root task reachesStep::SymlinkDependencyBinaries(Installer.rs:1541) andrelink_committed_patch…Verification: pre-existing — acknowledged in diff: the PR description's "What stays as it is" list says "
bun patch --committhat printsNo changes detectedrecords no patch, so the copy stays"; that claim is accurate, and the base branch fails the same way by the same route (base never relinks at all). Trigger: isolated linker,bun patch <pkg>thenbun patch --commit <pkg>with no (or reverted)…
… install The link goes back for the folder that `--commit` diffed, found by its real path, and not for every copy of the same name@version. A second copy at another link keeps its edits. The relink moves from the task of the root or workspace entry to the main thread, after every task is done. An entry in a dependency cycle does not wait for its dependencies, so the tag of the new patch could be missing when the task looked for it. The copy moves aside before the link is written and is deleted after. A delete that stops part-way no longer leaves a partial copy where the next `--commit` would diff it. `--commit` that finds no changes also puts the link back: the copy equals the package. The recovery hint of the new refusal moves to a `note:` line.
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Nothing blocking. The comments below are optional suggestions. There is no need to push a fix for them before merging.
Beyond the inline finding, I also checked the new rename-aside path in Symlinker::replace_directory (a failed symlink() renames the directory back, so node_modules/<pkg> is never left half-deleted), confirmed Strategy::ReplaceDirectory is reachable only from relink_committed_patch with only_committed set (a plain bun install still never replaces a real directory), and ruled out a silent no-relink when CommittedPatch::new fails to realpath the folder — is_real_dir_not_symlink has just opened that same path, so the open_dir there cannot realistically fail.
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The second push changed the relink design (rename aside instead of delete-then-link, relink restricted to the folder that was diffed, relink after all tasks, remedy on a note: line), so this run re-read src/install/isolated_install/Symlinker.rs, src/install/isolated_install/Installer.rs, and src/install/PackageManager/patchPackage.rs against those paths. The items above were examined and ruled out from the diff itself; they are recorded for information only and are not a correctness guarantee. The remaining inline finding is pre-existing and the change is not simple enough to approve without a human look at the installer and filesystem replacement logic.
The postinstall script of a workspace package runs in every install. When it loads the committed package, the link has to be back before the script runs, or the script fails and the install exits before the relink after the tasks. The root or workspace entry now relinks in its task, once its dependencies are installed. The relink after the tasks stays for an entry in a dependency cycle, which does not wait.
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In `@src/install/isolated_install/Installer.rs`:
- Around line 2293-2298: Update the dependency handling around only_committed
and store_holds_commit so a matching committed folder with an unfinished store
entry is represented as pending rather than skipped as unrelated. Ensure the
dependency is relinked before workspace lifecycle scripts execute, including
when cycle tasks do not wait for dependencies, while preserving the existing
continue behavior for non-matching committed folders.
In `@src/install/isolated_install/Symlinker.rs`:
- Line 49: Update the symlink failure handling in replace_directory so the
rollback renameat is checked instead of ignored: return the rollback error when
restoring aside to dest fails, while preserving the original symlink error when
rollback succeeds.
In `@src/install/PackageManager/patchPackage.rs`:
- Line 315: Update real_path_of_folder to preserve open_dir and get_fd_path
errors, change CommittedPatch::new to return a Result, and adjust is_folder for
the new result type. In do_patch_commit, propagate construction failures by
assigning Some(CommittedPatch::new(&changes_dir)?), preserving the existing
caller’s Result propagation.
In `@test/cli/install/bun-patch.test.ts`:
- Around line 230-277: Replace the parameterized test.each structure with
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…ort failed steps git prints `Binary files a/x and b/x differ` where a text diff cannot hold a change, and the patch parser drops that file. The folder then has edits that the patch lacks, so `--commit` warns and the isolated linker leaves the folder as it is. When the link cannot be written and the copy cannot move back either, the error of the move back is returned. It names the path of the copy. A folder whose real path cannot be read now fails the commit with the error, and no longer skips the relink in silence. The two parameter rows of the first test are a describe.each block.
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Follow-up to the second review round, in d4ed5d9:
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…older The diff of `--commit` leaves the nested node_modules folder of the copy out. With the isolated linker that folder can hold the `bun patch` copy of a package that the hoisted layout nests under this one, with edits that are not committed. The relink deleted it with the rest of the copy. Such a folder now keeps the copy, as on main.
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Follow-up in d5dce50: a copy that has a nested
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I reviewed the latest push (d5dce50) and found no new bugs; the nested node_modules case raised on the previous version is now handled by clearing committed_patch. Given this changes install-time behavior across the isolated linker's task pipeline and the --commit flow, a human look from someone familiar with src/install/ would still be worthwhile.
What was reviewed:
Symlinker::replace_directoryrename-aside / link / rename-back ordering and theExpectExisting | ReplaceDirectoryarm merge — the non-ReplaceDirectorypath still returnsOk(false)on a real directory.- The two
symlink_dependenciescallers and theonly_committedfilter (basename + realpath match, then tag-file check viastore_holds_commit), plus the after-tasks sweep for cycle entries. - Checked whether a package that ships its own
node_modules(bundledDependencies) silently keeps the detached copy after--commit— it does, but that is the same outcome as on the base branch, so not attributed to this PR.
Extended reasoning...
Overview
The PR (six commits) makes bun patch --commit restore the node_modules/<pkg> link under the isolated linker. It adds CommittedPatch on PackageManager (realpath of the diffed folder + has_changes), a guard in do_patch_commit refusing a symlink, clearing of committed_patch on nested node_modules and on Binary files ... differ output, a Strategy::ReplaceDirectory variant in Symlinker.rs with a rename-aside replace_directory, an only_committed filter on symlink_dependencies, a relink in Step::SymlinkDependencyBinaries for root/workspace entries, and a post-task sweep relink_committed_patch_after_tasks. Tests are added in the existing test/cli/install/bun-patch.test.ts.
Security risks
None specific to this change beyond what the installer already does: it renames and deletes a directory under node_modules that was verified by realpath to be the folder --commit diffed, and it only writes a symlink where a store entry carrying the patch's tag file already exists. No new network, credential, or path-from-untrusted-input surface.
Level of scrutiny
Medium-high. This is not a mechanical change: it adds state to PackageManager, changes behavior inside the isolated installer's per-entry task steps (which run on worker threads), and merges two Strategy arms in Symlinker. The committed_patch field is set once on the main thread before the install starts and only read afterwards, so the cross-thread access looks fine, but the interaction with dependency cycles and lifecycle scripts is subtle enough that a maintainer of src/install/ should look. Four prior rounds of automated review surfaced issues that were each addressed by follow-up commits; this round found nothing new, which argues against approving unseen but also against posting more inline findings.
Other factors
The test block "bun patch --commit with the isolated linker" covers root, workspace, empty-diff, failed-patch, binary-file, and nested-node_modules cases. The two ruled-out candidates this run (copy left in place when the package ships bundled dependencies) reproduce the base-branch outcome rather than a regression. The remaining known gap the description itself names (workspace and patched package in one cycle with a script that loads the package during --commit) is documented as unchanged from main.
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linker = "isolated",bun patch bthenbun patch --commit bleavesnode_modules/bas a real directory, not the link intonode_modules/.bun. The dependencies ofbare siblings of its store entry, sorequire("a")from insidebfails withMODULE_NOT_FOUND, and no later install repairs it.Symlinker::ensure_symlink(src/install/isolated_install/Symlinker.rs:78) keeps a real directory where a link belongs, to protect thebun patchcopy before--commit. Nothing ends that afterwards.Fix
do_patch_commitrecords the real path of the folder it diffed (CommittedPatch). The root or workspace entry whose link is that folder writes the link again (Strategy::ReplaceDirectory): the copy moves aside, the link is written, the copy is deleted..bun-tag-<hash>file of the new patch in the store entry, so a patch that does not apply keeps the copy. So does a diff withBinary files ... differ(with a warning), and a copy with a nestednode_modulesfolder. The relink runs in the task of the entry, before its scripts, and again after all tasks.--commitrefuses a folder that is a link.git diffrecords a link asnew file mode 120000, and no install can apply that patch.test/cli/install/bun-patch.test.ts, block "bun patch --commit with the isolated linker" (7 of 9 fail on main). Alsobun-install-patch.test.ts,isolated-install.test.ts,isolated-relink.test.ts.Background
node_modules/.bun/<name>@<version>/node_modules/<name>, with its dependencies as links next to it.node_modules/<name>of the root or a workspace is a link to that entry.bun patch <pkg>puts a detached, editable copy atnode_modules/<pkg>.--commitdiffs it against the cache, writes the patch file, and installs..bun-tag-<patch hash>marks the applied patch.Notes
Output of the repro (loopback registry,
bdepends ona,linker = "isolated").Before (release build of main, 1.4.3-canary.1+b52d51348):
After:
1.3.13 gives the "after" output. It wrote the link in
SymlinkDependenciesand replaced whatever was there.How the fix works:
Symlinker::replace_directoryrenames the copy to a hidden sibling (.<name>.old-<hex>) before it writes the link. If the rename fails the copy is whole, and if the link fails the copy is renamed back. A delete that stops part-way leaves nothing partial where the next--commitwould diff it.node_modules/w/node_modules/bandpackages/w/node_modules/bare the same folder. A plainbun installstill never replaces a real directory. The copy of another package stays, and so does a second copy of the samename@versionat another link, because neither was diffed.No changes detected) the copy equals the package and no patch is recorded. The link goes back when the store entry exists. No tag is needed.CheckIfBlockeduntil its dependencies are done, then runsSymlinkDependencyBinaries. The relink is the first thing in that step. The bin links of the entry resolve through the link, and thepostinstallscript of a workspace package that loads the patched package works. On main that script fails the commit:Cannot find package 'no-deps',postinstall script from "w" exited with 1.--commit.Binary files a/x and b/x differwhere a text diff cannot hold a change, and the patch parser drops that file. The copy then has edits that the patch lacks.do_patch_commitprints a warning and does not record the folder, so the copy stays as it does on main. To refuse such a commit, or to supportgit diff --binary, changes--commitfor every linker and is not part of this PR.do_patch_commitmoves the nestednode_modulesfolder of the copy out of the diff. With the isolated linker that folder can hold thebun patchcopy of a package that the hoisted layout nests under this one (node_modules/b/node_modules/a), with edits that are not committed. When the copy has that folder, the commit does not record it, so the copy stays as it does on main. A fresh copy frombun patchnever has the folder, because the copy from the cache skipsnode_modules. bun patch: keep the bundled and nested dependencies of the patched package #43178 changes that for bundled dependencies, so the two PRs need one more condition when both are in.bad_file_mode. I removed the tag check once to confirm that this test then fails.node_modules/<pkg>with the patched package, and a patch that does not apply leaves the folder alone. The isolated linker now behaves the same.The
--commitguard:bun patch --commit bwith nobun patch bbefore it (the folder is still the link) writes a patch of the link, records it inpatchedDependencies, and every laterbun installexits 1 withfailed to parse patchfile: bad_file_mode. 1.3.13 does the same.--commitafter the first is harmless, only because the copy is still there. With the link back it would overwrite the good patch file. The guard exits 1 before it writes anything:error: node_modules/b is not a folder that bun patch prepared, thennote: Run 'bun patch b' first.A tree that an older build left broken: a plain
bun installkeeps the real directory (by design, it can hold edits).bun patch --commit <pkg>on this build, orrm -rf node_modules/<pkg> && bun install, puts the link back. I checked the first one.Self-review before the PR: 10 concerns raised, 8 addressed. The two not taken:
bun patchedits inside the store and the link never moves. It loses the edits whenglobalStore = true, it needs a rule to pick among the peer variants of one package, and nobody has built it. This PR restores what 1.3.13 did after--commit.What stays as it is (not in this PR):
bun patchand--committhe copy cannot load the dependencies of the package. 1.3.13 has the same behavior.--commitat all) keeps the real directory, also afterbun install --force.bun patchcreates the copy at the path of the hoisted layout, for examplenode_modules/aornode_modules/w/node_modules/b. The patch is applied in the store, but the copy stays after--commit. When that path goes through a link (node_modules/b/node_modules/a), the copy is written into the store entry ofb. WithglobalStore = truethat entry is in the shared cache.bun patch b@1.0.0while the copy exists below a workspace link removes the linknode_modules/wand leaves a real directory.Symlinker::ensure_symlink. After it, the merge is one condition: keep the directory when it has apackage.jsonand the strategy is notReplaceDirectory. bun patch: copy the package into a staging folder before it replaces node_modules/<pkg> #43188 changes howbun patchmakes the copy and does not change what--commitdoes with it.no test proof · iteration 1 · platform-specific test(s) that do not run on this machine, deferring to CI, which covers all platforms: test/cli/install/bun-patch.test.ts