[WIP] Make yarn workspaces work

[rmhartog]

First attempt at fixing #3405, by resolving the path using resolve-from, to search up the node_modules hierarchy of the project.

Current status: creating a new project with create-react-app packages/app-a inside a yarn workspaces project succeeds (see #3405), but does not yet detect that it should use yarn. All react-scripts files also need to be updated to respect correct paths.

To do: check for each of the following files how they handle paths and substitute an appropriate solution (probably with resolve-from).

• create-react-app/
  • createReactApp.js
• react-scripts/
  • init.js
  • build.js
  • eject.js
  • start.js
  • test.js
  • config/
    • paths.js
• detect use of yarn in a workspace

I'm aware that we'd rather not edit createReactApp.js, but I'm afraid this fix cannot be made without touching it. Would love to hear more thoughts on this.

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[dariocravero]

In case anyone is stuck with this and until the different issues are fixed, I made a little guide on how to use yarn workspaces with Create React App and Create React Native App (Expo) to share common code across. Hope you find it handy! https://learn.viewsdx.com/how-to-use-yarn-workspaces-with-create-react-app-and-create-react-native-app-expo-to-share-common-ea27bc4bad62 https://medium.com/viewsdx/how-to-use-yarn-workspaces-with-create-react-app-and-create-react-native-app-expo-to-share-common-ea27bc4bad62

[bradfordlemley]

@rmhartog There's a corner-case issue here when using "yarn link react-scripts" at the top-level workspace (in order to use a create-react-app fork for the workspace). In this case, the app's src files don't actually get used, instead the react-scripts/template files get picked up. This is due to this in react-scripts/config/paths.js:

const reactScriptsLinked =
  fs.existsSync(reactScriptsPath) &&  // <-- doesn't exist for workspace app
  fs.lstatSync(reactScriptsPath).isSymbolicLink();

// config before publish: we're in ./packages/react-scripts/config/
if (
  !reactScriptsLinked &&
  __dirname.indexOf(path.join('packages', 'react-scripts', 'config')) !== -1  <-- true for linked react-scripts
) {
 // use template files <-- oops, I want my src files, not template files

I think the following fixes the issue (and simplifies the logic):

// if appDirectory is the create-react-app repo root, use template files
if (fs.existsSync(path.join(appDirectory, 'packages', 'react-scripts', 'config'))) {
// use template files

BTW, here's a cra-yarn-workspace-example which also documents some test cases which can be used to help verify yarn workspaces support. Your change works great, the only issue I found is the one mentioned here.

[bradfordlemley]

This PR fixes #3031.

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