How is contribution possible (why custom branch is not installable)?

[programmador]

Reproduction:

~ $ mkdir temp
~ $ cd temp
~/temp $ yarn init
yarn init v1.22.19
question name (temp):
question version (1.0.0):
question description:
question entry point (index.js):
question repository url:
question author:
question license (MIT):
question private:
success Saved package.json
Done in 8.59s.
~/temp $ yarn add ts-proto@git+ssh://git@github.com:stephenh/ts-proto.git#v1.151.1

Gives an error:

Internal Error: ts-proto@workspace:.: This package doesn't seem to be present in your lockfile; run "yarn install" to update the lockfile

While just yarn add ts-proto@1.151.1 successfully installs the package.

I've tried to install the lib from a folder yarn add ts-proto/path-to-folder but this way codegen does not work as yarn skips build phase for some reason. It just copies the lib in node_modules without trying to build it. Though it seems like when I build the lib beforehand - yarn also copies the build folder successfully.

BTW while installing via full git+ssh link I also get a warning: "Workspaces can only be enabled in private projects."

[stephenh]

Hi @programmador ; I've not actually used any of the yarn add ...git... or yarn add ...folder... approaches; back in the day, I'd tried to use yarn link / npm link for this, but they never worked 100%.

So instead I've always just done it by hand, like:

• Run yarn build -w in ts-proto in one terminal
• In my real project run yarn watch-ts-proto in another terminal that does something like:

    "watch-ts-proto": "copy-and-watch --watch ../ts-proto/build/ ./node_modules/ts-proto/build/"

If you figure out how to get the git- or path-based approaches for yarn working with ts-proto, that'd be great!

[programmador]

path-based approch is actually working. You just have to run yarn build in ts-proto manually.
After that You can yarn add ts-proto@./path/to/ts-proto
Though probably it's not the most convenient way as it doesn't watch.

[programmador]

Maybe the reason of unability to install custom branch is related to this warning:

Internal Error: ts-proto@workspace:.: This package doesn't seem to be present in your lockfile; run "yarn install" to update the lockfile

It seems like some of the dependencies has workspaces section somehow broken so that installation into a project without workspaces is not available. BTW I didn't try to setup workspaces somehow.

[stephenh]

I've added a note about yarn add to the readme; thanks!