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Every new worktree gets its own copy of ~266k dependency files, so a delete has to walk all of them. With pnpm's global virtual store, a worktree's node_modules is ~2.7k links into one shared copy. Setup drops to about a second, and a delete is instant.

The global store is opt-in: set T3CODE_PNPM_GLOBAL_VIRTUAL_STORE=1 and run vp i. Without it, installs keep the normal per-project store. CI and Windows never use the global store.

It is opt-in because some packages ship types that import packages they never declare. Those types resolve only through pnpm's hoisted copies, which TypeScript cannot reach from the shared store. This PR fixes every case that breaks typecheck today. A future dependency bump could add a new one, and it would show up only on machines that opted in.

What changed

  • .pnpmfile.cjs sets virtualStoreType: global only when the env var is 1, CI is unset, and the platform is not Windows. pnpm 12 honors an explicit setting even in CI, so the CI check is needed. WSL dev mode has not been tested with store links, so Windows stays on the normal store.
  • Types: without these fixes, web typecheck had 65 errors and mobile had 8 under the global store.
    • A readPackage hook gives every published React library an optional @types/react peer. pnpm 12 has an undocumented addMissingPeerTypes setting for this. Today it breaks --frozen-lockfile when a project has a local file: package, and it adds @types/* peers for packages that don't exist.
    • Two packageExtensions declare the react-navigation types that come from undeclared packages.
    • Our mobile-source-text module declares @types/react.
  • prepare: it no longer runs effect-tsgo patch on a tsc binary shared from the store. That binary is shared by every project on the machine. On those worktrees, editors using the workspace TS 7 LSP lose Effect diagnostics. vp run typecheck (tsc-rs) still reports them.
  • ensure:electron: it builds the runtime in a private stage dir and publishes dist under a lock. Before, it ran rm and then extracted in place, in a directory that all worktrees share on the global store. This also hardens the #22712 path on the normal store.
  • Metro: on the global store, it watches only the store slots the mobile app reaches. It also gets the hoisted dir as a fallback nodeModulesPaths, the same way NODE_PATH works for Node. On the normal store, nothing changes.
  • Setup warning: the cross-device warning from #22718 now compares the store with the virtual store. On the normal store the result is the same as before. Storage cleanup from #22713 already worked.

Default path

With the env var unset, installs use virtualStoreDir: .pnpm, and prepare still patches the worktree's own tsc. Metro and the setup warning do the same as before. The changes are the optional @types/react peers in the lockfile and the locked Electron publish.

Needs a decision

The lockfile had to be re-resolved, and pnpm 12 also re-resolves some unrelated optional peers (no version changes). That renames peer-suffixed .pnpm dirs, which changes the production Expo fingerprint (📱 Native Change), and that fingerprint is the runtimeVersion. So OTAs stop reaching current store binaries until a new native build ships. A no-op re-resolve of main changes the fingerprint the same way, so the next dependency bump would trigger it anyway. Merge when a native release is OK.

Measurements (BeeBox, Linux x64, XFS with reflink, pnpm 12.14, a separate experiment store)

Project store Global store
Install with a cold store (network) 28.5 s 28.1 s
setup-worktree.ts with a warm store 2.6 s 1.1 s
Worktree delete 1.4 s 0.4 s
node_modules entries 265,896 2,695
node_modules size 3.8 GB (reflinked) 2.1 MB

The gap is bigger on APFS: the audit measured 37 to 41 s installs and 26 s deletes on Mainbook with pnpm 11.

Proofs

Opt-in (global store):

  • Web, mobile, server, and desktop typecheck.
  • Server tests: GitManager.test.ts and NodePtyAdapter.test.ts (110 tests).
  • Browser test: ChatMarkdown.browser.test.tsx.
  • vp run dev boots, and headless Chromium loads the app. 308 /@fs/ store requests succeed.
  • Metro expo export --platform android --dev.
  • ensure:electron in two worktrees at the same time, plus 3 concurrent runs per round. A stale lock and a broken dist both recover. The built desktop main process reaches backend ready under Xvfb.
  • @cursor/sdk platform lookup: walking up from apps/server/src reaches the hoisted @cursor/sdk-linux-x64, and its tree-sitter natives load.

Gate:

  • The env var unset, and CI=true with the env var set: both installs use virtualStoreDir: .pnpm.

Not tested (no Mac or Android SDK on BeeBox)

  • Native mobile builds with the env var set: Android Gradle writes into each package's android/build and .cxx. On the global store those folders are shared, so two worktrees building Android at once could collide. iOS CocoaPods and codegen would see store paths.
  • Metro with the iOS simulator (expo start --dev-client), including the file watcher on ~1.9k store slots.
  • The dev:desktop GUI, including the per-worktree .electron-runtime app bundle copied from the shared Electron.
  • APFS clone behavior and timings for install, first fill, and delete.

🤖 Generated with Claude Code. Created with Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code.

Dev machines now set virtualStoreType: global from .pnpmfile.cjs, so a
worktree's node_modules is ~2.7k links into <storeDir>/links. CI, Windows,
and T3CODE_PNPM_GLOBAL_VIRTUAL_STORE=0 keep the per-project store.

- readPackage gives React libraries an optional @types/react peer, and two
  react-navigation edges are declared, because TypeScript cannot reach
  pnpm's hoisted copies from the store.
- prepare skips effect-tsgo patch when TypeScript is shared from the store.
- ensure:electron builds the runtime in a stage dir and publishes it with
  one rename, so concurrent worktrees cannot corrupt the shared copy.
- Metro watches the store slots this app reaches and falls back to the
  hoisted dir, like NODE_PATH does for Node.
- The setup cross-device warning compares the store with the virtual store.

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The changes configure pnpm package resolution, support global virtual stores in Metro, stage and publish Electron runtime installations atomically, and add a workspace-aware TypeScript patch script to the root prepare command.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Configure pnpm and workspace package handling
.pnpmfile.cjs, apps/mobile/modules/t3-source-text/package.json, pnpm-workspace.yaml, scripts/setup-worktree.ts
The pnpm hooks add optional React type peers and platform-specific configuration. Workspace metadata adds React Navigation dependencies and a React type peer. The worktree check compares the store device with the virtual-store device.
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apps/mobile/metro.config.js
Metro detects a global virtual store, discovers reachable external package slots, and adds them to watch folders and resolver paths.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Stage runtime installation or download
apps/desktop/scripts/ensure-electron-runtime.mjs
The runtime repair flow creates a temporary stage. It runs the cache installer with copied files and extracts downloaded runtime archives into the stage.
Lock, validate, and publish the staged runtime
apps/desktop/scripts/ensure-electron-runtime.mjs
The script detects stale locks, serializes publication, retains a valid existing runtime, and publishes the staged distribution when needed. It writes path updates through a temporary file and rename.

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Layer / File(s) Summary
Wire and run the TypeScript patch hook
package.json, scripts/effect-tsgo-patch.ts, knip.jsonc
The root prepare command runs the new patch script. The script skips shared TypeScript installations and otherwise invokes the patch command. Knip ignores the path-invoked dependency.

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  EnsureElectronRuntime->>EnsureElectronRuntime: Create temporary stage
  EnsureElectronRuntime->>CacheInstaller: Install runtime into stage
  alt Cache install fails or staged runtime is invalid
    EnsureElectronRuntime->>RuntimeDownloader: Download and extract runtime into stage
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  EnsureElectronRuntime->>RuntimeLock: Acquire lock and publish staged runtime
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  EnsureElectronRuntime->>EnsureElectronRuntime: Remove temporary stage
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const modulesState = JSON.parse(
fs.readFileSync(path.join(workspaceRoot, "node_modules", ".modules.yaml"), "utf8"),
);
const isInWorkspace = (dir) => !path.relative(workspaceRoot, dir).startsWith("..");
const usesGlobalStore = !isInWorkspace(
path.resolve(workspaceRoot, "node_modules", modulesState.virtualStoreDir),
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🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

🔎 Supported by static analysis

🏁 Script executed:

sed -n '1,135p' apps/mobile/metro.config.js
if test -f node_modules/.modules.yaml; then rg -n 'virtualStoreDir|storeDir' node_modules/.modules.yaml; fi

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 5427


🏁 Script executed:

set -o pipefail
printf '%s\n' '--- package-manager declarations ---'
rg -n -F --glob 'package.json' -e '"packageManager"' -e '"pnpm"' -e '"engines"' . || test "$?" -eq 1
rg -n -F --glob '.npmrc' -e 'virtual-store' -e 'node-linker' -e 'shared-workspace-lockfile' . || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- setup-worktree references ---'
rg -n -F -- 'virtualStoreDir' scripts apps package.json pnpm-workspace.yaml .pnpmfile.cjs .npmrc 2>/dev/null || test "$?" -eq 1
printf '%s\n' '--- setup-worktree block ---'
python3 - <<'PY'
from pathlib import Path
p = Path('scripts/setup-worktree.ts')
if p.exists():
    lines = p.read_text().splitlines()
    for i, line in enumerate(lines, 1):
        if 'virtualStoreDir' in line or 'modules.yaml' in line or 'global' in line:
            lo=max(1,i-20); hi=min(len(lines),i+25)
            print(f'--- {p}:{lo}-{hi} ---')
            for n in range(lo,hi+1):
                print(f'{n}: {lines[n-1]}')
else:
    print('scripts/setup-worktree.ts: absent')
PY
printf '%s\n' '--- pnpm configuration files ---'
for f in .pnpmfile.cjs .npmrc pnpm-workspace.yaml; do
  if test -f "$f"; then
    echo "--- $f ---"
    sed -n '1,240p' "$f"
  fi
done

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Length of output: 26863


🌐 Web query:

official pnpm 12.14.0 .modules.yaml virtualStoreDir metadata source

💡 Result:

<source_evidence>
<source kind="search">
<title>pnpm 12.14.0 | pnpm</title>
<location>https://pnpm.io/blog/releases/12.14.0</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search0 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 5 days ago; # pnpm 12.14.0This release adds the `sideEffectsCache.exclude` setting, stops `pnpm install` from waiting on the daily update check, and keeps pnpm from aborting with a core dump when the reader of its output exits. ...   * `pnpm run` no longer prints `[ELIFECYCLE] Command failed with exit code N.` to stderr when a script fails under `--reporter=silent`, `--silent`, or `--loglevel=silent`.
# pnpm 12.14.0

This release adds the `sideEffectsCache.exclude` setting, stops `pnpm install` from waiting on the daily update check, and keeps pnpm from aborting with a core dump when the reader of its output exits.

## Minor Changes#

  * Added the `sideEffectsCache.exclude` setting for packages whose build depends on something pnpm cannot include in the cache key, such as the system libraries a native addon links against. pnpm builds the listed packages in every project and never restores or saves their builds through the side-effects cache, locally or on a `remoteCache` server. Under the global virtual store, each project gets its own copy of these packages and of the packages that depend on them. Entries use the same `name`, `@scope/*`, and `name@version` patterns as `minimumReleaseAgeExclude` #5271.

  * `pnpm login` now prints the `npm-notice` response header during web-based login. Registries use it to show the verification code that completes the sign-in in the browser.

## Patch Changes#

### Installing packages#

  * `pnpm install` and `pnpm add` no longer wait for the daily update check. If the command finishes first, pnpm skips the update notice and checks again next time. On a registry that accepted the connection but never answered, an install that had nothing to do used to take minutes #16839.

  * `pnpm install`, `pnpm add` and `pnpm update` now reuse `pnpm-lock.yaml` when the workspace configures a catalog entry that no dependency references, such as an unused entry or one whose package an `overrides` entry replaces. Before, every resolution in such a workspace resolved all dependencies again from the registry #16923.

  * `pnpm install` now looks up a git dependency&#39;s branch or tag once per install, even when many workspace projects depend on it. With `linkWorkspacePackages` enabled, it used to run `git ls-remote` once per project #16899.

  * A filtered install, such as `pnpm install --filter &lt;pkg&gt;`, now keeps the `pnpm-lock.yaml` entries of workspace projects that are missing from disk, as in a sparse checkout. Their importers, packages, and catalog entries stay even when the filter matches every project on disk #16931.

  * pnpm now decides whether a dependency that a package also declares as an optional peer is linked as a dependency or as a peer from the shallowest path that reaches the package. When an existing lockfile records such a dependency as a regular dependency and a newly added dependency now provides the peer, pnpm records it as a peer, as a fresh install does. The lockfile entry of such a package can change on the next install #16901.

  * An install that adds nothing to the store no longer changes the modification time of the store directory. CI caches that check modification times, such as GitLab&#39;s, no longer re-upload an unchanged store #16929.

### Running commands and scripts#

  * pnpm no longer aborts with a core dump when the reader of its output has exited, as in `pnpm list | head -1` or `pnpm start 2&gt;&amp;1 | head -1`. 
  * `pnpm run` now reports a failed script as a JSON record under `--reporter=ndjson`. It printed a plain `[ELIFECYCLE]` line to stderr.

  * `pnpm run` no longer prints `[ELIFECYCLE] Command failed with exit code N.` to stderr when a script fails under `--reporter=silent`, `--silent`, or `--loglevel=silent`.

  * `pnpm pipeline --dry-run` no longer writes a run report when no projects are selected. With `--json` it prints `{&quot;tasks&quot;: []}` pnpm/tasks#126.

### Packing and publishing#

  …[truncated]</excerpt>
</source>
<source kind="search">
<title>Settings (pnpm-workspace.yaml) | pnpm</title>
<location>https://www.pnpm.cn/en/settings</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search4 [wordlim: 200] Crawled: 3 months ago; All transitive dependencies must be resolved from a trusted source, such as the configured registry, local file paths, workspace links, or trusted GitHub repositories (node, bun, deno). ... Configure registries for scoped packages in `pnpm-workspace.yaml`. ... ### virtualStoreDir​ ... Sets the maximum allowed length of directory names inside the virtual store directory (`node_modules/.pnpm`).
### symlink​

  * Default: true
  * Type: Boolean

When `symlink` is set to `false`, pnpm creates a virtual store directory without any symlinks. It is a useful setting together with `nodeLinker=pnp`.

### enableModulesDir​

  * Default: true
  * Type: Boolean

When `false`, pnpm will not write any files to the modules directory (`node_modules`). This is useful for when the modules directory is mounted with filesystem in userspace (FUSE). There is an experimental CLI that allows you to mount a modules directory with FUSE: @pnpm/mount-modules.

### virtualStoreDir​

  * Default: node_modules/.pnpm
  * Types: path

The directory with links to the store. All direct and indirect dependencies of the project are linked into this directory.

This is a useful setting that can solve issues with long paths on Windows. If you have some dependencies with very long paths, you can select a virtual store in the root of your drive (for instance `C:\my-project-store`).
</excerpt>
</source>
<source kind="search">
<title>`pnpm install` in a workspace package keeps prompting to remove node_modules when enableGlobalVirtualStore is enabled · Issue #12307 · pnpm/pnpm · GitHub</title>
<location>GitHub issue 12307 in pnpm/pnpm (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)</location>
<excerpt>citeturn0search9 [wordlim: 200] Published: 4 months ago; Crawled: last week; # `pnpm install` in a workspace package keeps prompting to remove node_modules when enableGlobalVirtualStore is enabled #12307 ... During a workspace install with enableGlobalVirtualStore, each project&#39;s node_modules/.modules.yaml is written twice, with conflicting virtualStoreDir values:
</excerpt>
</source>
<source kind="search">
<title>`pnpm install` in a workspace package keeps prompting to remove node_modules when enableGlobalVirtualStore is enabled · Issue #12307 · pnpm/pnpm · GitHub</title>
<location>GitHub issue 12307 in pnpm/pnpm (link omitted to avoid creating a cross-reference)</location>
<excerpt>citeturn1search0 [wordlim: 200] Published: 4 months ago; Crawled: last week; https://github.com/rubnogueira/pnpm-repro-sharedlockfile ... During a workspace install with enableGlobalVirtualStore, each project&#39;s node_modules/.modules.yaml is written twice, with conflicting virtualStoreDir values:

`pnpm-workspace.yaml` (root):
    
    packages:
      - libs/*
    enableGlobalVirtualStore: true
    sharedWorkspaceLockfile: false

libs/common/pnpm-workspace.yaml (makes the package its own workspace root, with its own lockfile):
    
      enableGlobalVirtualStore: true

Steps:
rm -rf node_modules libs/common/node_modules pnpm-lock.yaml libs/common/pnpm-lock.yaml
pnpm install # at root — OK
cd libs/common &amp;&amp; pnpm install # prompts to remove &amp; recreate node_modules

### Describe the Bug

Installation / global virtual store (`enableGlobalVirtualStore`), post-install build step.

When `enableGlobalVirtualStore: true` is set, running `pnpm install` at the workspace root succeeds, but a subsequent `pnpm install` inside a workspace package prompts:

&gt; ? The modules directory at &quot;.../libs/common/node_modules&quot; will be removed and
&gt; reinstalled from scratch. Proceed? (Y/n)

(In a non-TTY/CI shell the same condition surfaces as `ERR_PNPM_ABORTED_REMOVE_MODULES_DIR_NO_TTY`.) The prompt comes back every time you install in that package, even though nothing changed.

### Expected Behavior

The second pnpm install is a no-op (&quot;Already up to date&quot;) — node_modules is already valid and should not be purged.

#### Actual behavior

pnpm reports a virtual-store mismatch and wants to recreate node_modules:

[ERR_PNPM_UNEXPECTED_VIRTUAL_STORE] Unexpected virtual store location
The dependencies at &quot;.../libs/common/node_modules&quot; are currently symlinked from the virtual store directory at &quot;.../libs/common/node_modules/.pnpm&quot;. pnpm now wants to use the virtual store at &quot;.../store/v11/links&quot; ...

#### Root cause

During a workspace install with enableGlobalVirtualStore, each project&#39;s node_modules/.modules.yaml is written twice, with conflicting virtualStoreDir values:

  1. The install/link step writes the correct GVS value virtualStoreDir = /links — extendInstallOptions (installing/deps-installer/src/install/extendInstallOptions.ts) sets virtualStoreDir to /links when GVS is enabled.
  2. The post-install build pass — buildProjects (building/after-install/src/index.ts), run as the per-project rebuild during a workspace install — calls getContext() and rewrites .modules.yaml. Its options come from extendBuildOptions (building/after-install/src/extendBuildOptions.ts), which — unlike extendInstallOptions — never sets virtualStoreDir for GVS. So getContext falls back to the per-project default node_modules/.pnpm and the rewrite overwrites the correct value the install step recorded.

The next install in that project recomputes /links, compares it to the recorded node_modules/.pnpm, fails checkCompatibility with ERR_PNPM_UNEXPECTED_VIRTUAL_STORE, and — because a plain install runs with forceNewModules — prompts to purge node_modules.

The root workspace usually escapes this only because the optimistic &quot;Already up to date&quot; check short-circuits before validation (and a depless root manifest passes the deps-status check), so the mismatch surfaces in packages that actually have dependencies.

### Which Node.js version are you using?

24.16.0

### Which operating systems have you used?

  * [Input] macOS
  * [Input] Windows
  * [Input] Linux

### If your OS is a Linux based, which one it is? (Include the version if relevant)

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test: cover GVS workspace virtual-store-dir + add changeset

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# Blog

Release notes, deep dives and news from the pnpm team.

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Latest Release Oct 15, 2026·6 min read

## pnpm 12.14.0

This release adds the `sideEffectsCache.exclude` setting, stops `pnpm install` from waiting on the daily update check, and keeps pnpm from aborting with a core dump when the reader of its output exits.

Release Oct 15, 2026·6 min read

## pnpm 11.28.6

This release stops `pnpm publish` from sending a CI identity token to a registry it was not issued for. It also fixes installs that dropped a dependency also declared as an optional peer, and accepts empty `httpProxy` and `httpsProxy` settings again.

Release Oct 13, 2026·4 min read

## pnpm 12.13.0

This release adds the `pnpm profile` and `pnpm token` commands, the `storeIndexFormat: files` setting for stores shared over a network filesystem, and faster Python dependency resolution.

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## pnpm 12.12.1
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The `--legacy` flag disables this behavior.

Since v12.4.1, the legacy implementation prefers the versions the source workspace lockfile pins, wherever they still satisfy the deployed project&#39;s ranges.

## What the deployed project gets

Since v12.7.0:

  * The `packageManager` and `devEngines.packageManager` fields of the workspace root `package.json` are not copied into the deployed `package.json`. Versions v12.7.0 through v12.8.x copied them.
  * The virtual store is placed at `virtualStoreDir`, resolved against the deploy directory. With the global virtual store enabled or an absolute `virtualStoreDir`, it stays at `node_modules/.pnpm`.
  * The `prepare` script of the deployed project is not run.

## Files included in the deployed project

By default, all the files of the project are copied during deployment but this can be modified in one of the following ways which are resolved in order:

  1. The project&#39;s `package.json` may contain a &quot;files&quot; field to list the files and directories that should be copied.
  2. If there is an `.npmignore` file in the application directory then any files listed here are ignored.
  3. If there is a `.gitignore` file in the application directory then any files listed here are ignored.

## Configuration

### forceLegacyDeploy

  * Default: false
  * Type: Boolean

By default, `pnpm deploy` will try creating a dedicated lockfile from a shared lockfile for deployment. If this setting is set to `true`, the legacy `deploy` behavior will be used.</excerpt>
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import { type DepPath, type DependenciesField, type HoistedDependencies, type IgnoredBuilds, type Registries } from &#39;@pnpm/types&#39;; export type IncludedDependencies = { [dependenciesField in DependenciesField]: boolean; }; interface ModulesRaw { hoistedAliases?: { [depPath: DepPath]: string[]; }; hoistedDependencies: HoistedDependencies; hoistPattern?: string[]; included: IncludedDependencies; layoutVersion: number; nodeLinker?: &#39;hoisted&#39; | &#39;isolated&#39; | &#39;pnp&#39;; packageManager: string; pendingBuilds: string[]; ignoredBuilds?: DepPath[]; prunedAt: string; registries?: Registries; shamefullyHoist?: boolean; publicHoistPattern?: string[]; skipped: string[]; storeDir: string; virtualStoreDir: string; virtualStoreDirMaxLength: number; injectedDeps?: Record&lt;string, string[]&gt;; hoistedLocations?: Record&lt;string, string[]&gt;; } export type Modules = Omit&lt;ModulesRaw, &#39;ignoredBuilds&#39;&gt; &amp; { ignoredBuilds?: IgnoredBuilds; }; export declare function readModulesManifest(modulesDir: string): Promise&lt;Modules | null&gt;; export interface StrictModules extends Modules { registries: Registries; } export declare function writeModulesManifest(modulesDir: string, modules: StrictModules, opts?: { makeModulesDir?: boolean; }): Promise&lt;void&gt;; export {};</excerpt>
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### symlink

  * Default: true
  * Type: Boolean

When `symlink` is set to `false`, pnpm creates a virtual store directory without any symlinks. It is a useful setting together with `nodeLinker=pnp`.

### enableModulesDir

  * Default: true
  * Type: Boolean

When `false`, pnpm will not write any files to the modules directory (`node_modules`). This is useful for when the modules directory is mounted with filesystem in userspace (FUSE). There is an experimental CLI that allows you to mount a modules directory with FUSE: @pnpm/mount-modules.

### confirmModulesPurge

  * Default: true
  * Type: Boolean

Controls whether pnpm asks for confirmation before removing the contents of an incompatible modules directory and reinstalling it from scratch. When `false`, pnpm recreates the modules directory without prompting. In CI, confirmation is disabled automatically.

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  * Types: path

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<title>Symlinked node_modules (git worktree setup): install silently rewrites the other checkout&#39;s dependency symlinks · Issue #14286 · pnpm/pnpm · GitHub</title>
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<excerpt>citeturn0search1 [wordlim: 200] Published: last month; Crawled: last month;     printf &#39;packages:\n  - &quot;pkgs/*&quot;\n&#39; &gt; pnpm-workspace.yaml ...     grep virtualStoreDir primary/node_modules/.modules.yaml ... 11.24.0&#39;s new `ERR_PNPM_UNSAFE_MODULES_DIR` check helps — it refuses the modules-dir purge this setup used to trigger (on 11.9.0, `pnpm install` from the worktree with a TTY or `CI=true` would delete and reinstall the primary&#39;s node_modules wholesale) — but the incremental link-rewrite path is still open, reproducibly via `pnpm add --lockfile-only`, which exits 0. ... 24.12.0 ... to join this conversation on GitHub.
    
    (cd worktree/pkgs/a &amp;&amp; pnpm add left-pad --lockfile-only)
    # exits 0
    
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    # &quot;virtualStoreDir&quot;: &quot;../../worktree/node_modules/.pnpm&quot;   &lt;-- rewritten

### Describe the Bug

Installing commands run from the symlinked side silently rewrite the other checkout&#39;s direct-dependency symlinks (root importer and every workspace member) with targets routed through the symlinked workspace&#39;s path, and rewrite its `.modules.yaml` (`virtualStoreDir` then points through the other workspace). The links still resolve — realpaths are identical — so nothing looks broken, but tools that key modules by path string (jest) then load packages twice (e.g. `@nestjs/core`), which breaks NestJS DI with `Nest can&#39;t resolve dependencies ... Reflector` in every checkout on the machine. The rewritten `.modules.yaml` also breaks the primary&#39;s own subsequent installs (virtual-store location mismatch → purge prompt).
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<title>`pnpm install` in a workspace package keeps prompting to remove node_modules when enableGlobalVirtualStore is enabled · Issue #12307 · pnpm/pnpm · GitHub</title>
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<excerpt>citeturn0search2 [wordlim: 200] Published: 4 months ago; Crawled: last week; https://github.com/rubnogueira/pnpm-repro-sharedlockfile ... The dependencies at &quot;.../libs/common/node_modules&quot; are currently symlinked from the virtual store directory at &quot;.../libs/common/node_modules/.pnpm&quot;. pnpm now wants to use the virtual store at &quot;.../store/v11/links&quot; ... ... During a workspace install with enableGlobalVirtualStore, each project&#39;s node_modules/.modules.yaml is written twice, with conflicting virtualStoreDir values:
Its options come from extendBuildOptions (building/after-install/src/extendBuildOptions.ts), which — unlike extendInstallOptions — never sets virtualStoreDir for GVS. So getContext falls back to the per-project default node_modules/.pnpm and the rewrite overwrites the correct value the install step recorded.

The next install in that project recomputes /links, compares it to the recorded node_modules/.pnpm, fails checkCompatibility with ERR_PNPM_UNEXPECTED_VIRTUAL_STORE, and — because a plain install runs with forceNewModules — prompts to purge node_modules.

The root workspace usually escapes this only because the optimistic &quot;Already up to date&quot; check short-circuits before validation (and a depless root manifest passes the deps-status check), so the mismatch surfaces in packages that actually have dependencies.

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<excerpt>citeturn0search3 [wordlim: 200] Published: 1.9 years ago; Crawled: 4 months ago; https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm ... `pnpm deploy --filter=./pkg-manifest/read-package-json ./deploy --prod` ...     .modules.yaml ... Instead a `.pnpm` (in parent directory` should be created, and all node_module packages should symlink to this directory instead. ... Alternatively (or perhaps in addition), would support taking an additional CLI parameter `--virtual-store-dir, -v` which replaces this config value.

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### pnpm version

10.0.0-alpha.2

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### Link to the code that reproduces this issue or a replay of the bug

https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm

### Reproduction steps

Can reproduce the issue in pnpm&#39;s repo itself.

Edit the .npmrc file to include `virtual-store-dir=.pnpm`. Note that the default value is node_modules/.pnpm

`pnpm deploy --filter=./pkg-manifest/read-package-json ./deploy --prod`
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req=Request(base, headers={'User-Agent':'review-inspection','Accept':'application/vnd.github+json'})
try:
    data=json.load(urlopen(req, timeout=20))
except Exception as e:
    print(f'UNAVAILABLE tree: {e}')
    raise SystemExit
paths=[x['path'] for x in data.get('tree',[]) if 'modules-yaml' in x['path']]
print('matching paths:')
for p in paths:
    print(p)
for p in paths:
    if p.endswith(('.ts','.d.ts')) and any(k in p for k in ('index','types','schema')):
        url='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pnpm/pnpm/v12.14.0/'+p
        print(f'--- {url} ---')
        try:
            text=urlopen(Request(url,headers={'User-Agent':'review-inspection'}),timeout=10).read().decode()
        except Exception as e:
            print(f'UNAVAILABLE: {e}')
            continue
        for n,line in enumerate(text.splitlines(),1):
            if 'virtualStoreDir' in line or 'ModulesRaw' in line or 'Modules' in line:
                print(f'{n}: {line}')
PY

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 6674


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python3 - <<'PY'
from urllib.request import Request, urlopen
base='https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pnpm/pnpm/v12.14.0/'
paths=[
 'pnpm11/installing/modules-yaml/src/index.ts',
 'pnpm11/installing/modules-yaml/test/fixtures/old-no-shamefully-hoist/.modules.yaml',
 'pnpm11/installing/modules-yaml/test/fixtures/old-shamefully-hoist/.modules.yaml',
 'pnpm11/installing/modules-yaml/test/fixtures/empty-modules-yaml/.modules.yaml',
]
for path in paths:
    url=base+path
    print(f'--- {url} ---')
    try:
        text=urlopen(Request(url,headers={'User-Agent':'review-inspection'}),timeout=10).read().decode()
    except Exception as e:
        print(f'UNAVAILABLE: {e}')
        continue
    for n,line in enumerate(text.splitlines(),1):
        if path.endswith('index.ts') and not (15 <= n <= 160):
            continue
        print(f'{n}: {line}')
PY

Repository: pingdotgg/t3code

Length of output: 7756


Handle a manifest without virtualStoreDir.

Fresh pnpm 12 installs write this field as a string. However, pnpm's compatibility reader defaults a missing field to node_modules/.pnpm. This config reads the raw manifest, so path.resolve can receive undefined and throw a TypeError. Use the same fallback as scripts/setup-worktree.ts.

A missing .modules.yaml is a separate case. The proposed fallback does not cover readFileSync, and starting Metro before dependencies are installed is not a supported workflow.

Suggested fix
 const usesGlobalStore = !isInWorkspace(
-  path.resolve(workspaceRoot, "node_modules", modulesState.virtualStoreDir),
+  path.resolve(
+    workspaceRoot,
+    "node_modules",
+    typeof modulesState.virtualStoreDir === "string" ? modulesState.virtualStoreDir : ".pnpm",
+  ),
 );
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const modulesState = JSON.parse(
fs.readFileSync(path.join(workspaceRoot, "node_modules", ".modules.yaml"), "utf8"),
);
const isInWorkspace = (dir) => !path.relative(workspaceRoot, dir).startsWith("..");
const usesGlobalStore = !isInWorkspace(
path.resolve(workspaceRoot, "node_modules", modulesState.virtualStoreDir),
);
const modulesState = JSON.parse(
fs.readFileSync(path.join(workspaceRoot, "node_modules", ".modules.yaml"), "utf8"),
);
const isInWorkspace = (dir) => !path.relative(workspaceRoot, dir).startsWith("..");
const usesGlobalStore = !isInWorkspace(
path.resolve(
workspaceRoot,
"node_modules",
typeof modulesState.virtualStoreDir === "string" ? modulesState.virtualStoreDir : ".pnpm",
),
);
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Review comment at @apps/mobile/metro.config.js around lines 42 - 48:
Update the usesGlobalStore path construction to use ".pnpm" when
modulesState.virtualStoreDir is not a string, matching the compatibility
fallback used by scripts/setup-worktree.ts; leave missing .modules.yaml handling
unchanged.

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…_STORE=1

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
@t3dotgg t3dotgg changed the title build: new dev worktrees install in ~1s and delete instantly via pnpm's global store build: opt-in pnpm global store makes dev worktrees install in ~1s and delete instantly Oct 21, 2026
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🤖 Claude Opus 5.5 responding on behalf of Theo

@juliusmarminge I want this merged, but the timing matters. The lockfile re-resolve changes the production Expo fingerprint (see the 📱 Native Change label). The fingerprint is the runtimeVersion, so OTAs will not reach current store binaries until the next native build ships.

Can we merge it when you already plan to ship a native update? Any dependency bump would cause the same fingerprint change, so this does not add a native release on its own.

The global store itself is opt-in (T3CODE_PNPM_GLOBAL_VIRTUAL_STORE=1). With it unset, installs and CI work the same as now.

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🤖 Claude Opus 5.5 responding on behalf of Theo

Closing without a replacement. pnpm 12 took most of the win, and the global store adds risk that the rest does not pay for.

Worktree setup installs since pnpm 12 (#22738), from T3 terminal logs:

Box pnpm 11 pnpm 12
BeeBox (XFS reflink) not measured 2.6 to 3.4 s
bb-1 (XFS) 30 to 38 s 6 to 20 s
Mainbook (APFS) 34 to 43 s 27 to 30 s

Setup runs async, so the gap left (about 25 s on a Mac) is mostly background time. The cost is still real: a readPackage hook that changes resolution for everyone, opt-in machines whose type resolution differs from CI, Electron dist and Metro in a shared store, and patched and file: packages. Worth another look if pnpm's addMissingPeerTypes starts working with local file: packages, because then the type fix is one setting.

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