PitStop MVP

PitStop is a pnpm workspace managed by Turborepo. It contains the MVP web app and API for the vehicle maintenance platform, plus the shared tooling the team uses locally and in pull requests.

Stack

• Workspace: pnpm 11
• Task runner: Turborepo 2
• API: NestJS 11
• Database / ORM: PostgreSQL 16 via Docker Compose, Prisma ORM 7
• Web: React 19, Vite 8, TanStack Router, TanStack Query, Tailwind CSS 4
• Linting: Oxlint
• Formatting: Oxfmt
• Git hooks: Husky + lint-staged
• Testing: Jest (API)

Repository layout

.
├── apps/
│   ├── api/              # NestJS API (default port 3001, own .env.example)
│   └── web/              # Vite/React app (default port 3000, own .env.example)
├── packages/             # Reserved for shared workspace packages
├── docker-compose.yml    # Local PostgreSQL for development (run via `pnpm db:up`/`db:down`)
├── storage.rules         # Firebase Storage security rules (pasted into the console manually)
├── .oxlintrc.json        # Shared Oxlint configuration
├── .oxfmtrc.json         # Shared Oxfmt configuration
├── pnpm-workspace.yaml   # Workspace package globs
├── turbo.json            # Turborepo task graph and cache settings
└── package.json          # Root scripts and development tooling

Requirements

• A current Node.js release compatible with the repository dependencies
• pnpm 11 (the repository declares ^11.20.0)
• Docker Desktop or a compatible Docker engine for the local PostgreSQL database

Install pnpm by following the official pnpm installation documentation.

Getting started

1. Clone the repository.
2. Copy each app's environment variable template to its own .env (see Environment variables for what goes in each one):

cp apps/api/.env.example apps/api/.env
cp apps/web/.env.example apps/web/.env

3. Start PostgreSQL:

pnpm db:up

4. Install dependencies:

pnpm install

5. Generate Prisma Client:

pnpm db:generate

6. Apply the database migrations:

pnpm db:migrate

7. Start the web app and API together:

pnpm dev

The web app runs at http://localhost:3000 and the API listens on http://localhost:3001.

To stop and remove the local database while keeping data:

pnpm db:down

To stop and remove the local database including its volume:

docker compose --env-file apps/api/.env down -v

Local database

docker-compose.yml still uses ${POSTGRES_USER:-pitstop}-style interpolation for POSTGRES_USER, POSTGRES_PASSWORD, POSTGRES_DB, and the host port — there is no root .env for Compose to read those from anymore, so pnpm db:up/pnpm db:down pass apps/api/.env explicitly with docker compose --env-file apps/api/.env .... That resolves the interpolation in the YAML (and, through the environment: block, sets the same values inside the container), so the local Postgres container and the API always use the same values. apps/api/.env.example has a matching DATABASE_URL built from those same default values:

DATABASE_URL=postgresql://pitstop:pitstop@localhost:5433/pitstop

You can connect from the host machine with psql or any database client using that URL. PostgreSQL uses host port 5433 by default to avoid conflicts with an existing local installation; if you change POSTGRES_PORT (or any other POSTGRES_* value) in apps/api/.env, update DATABASE_URL in the same file to match — the two are not linked automatically. Because the container uses a named volume, data survives docker compose restart.

If you run raw docker compose commands instead of the pnpm db:* scripts, remember to pass --env-file apps/api/.env yourself, or the interpolation falls back to the pitstop/5433 defaults baked into docker-compose.yml.

Firebase setup

The app uses a shared Firebase project for Authentication (email/password) and Storage. To get your own local credentials:

1. Ask a teammate for access to the shared Firebase project (it already exists; you don't need to create your own).
2. In the Firebase console, go to Project settings > General > Your apps, find (or add) the Web app, and copy its config values into apps/web/.env as VITE_FIREBASE_API_KEY, VITE_FIREBASE_AUTH_DOMAIN, VITE_FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID, VITE_FIREBASE_STORAGE_BUCKET, VITE_FIREBASE_MESSAGING_SENDER_ID, and VITE_FIREBASE_APP_ID.
3. In the console, go to Project settings > Service accounts > Generate new private key. Open the downloaded JSON, copy project_id, client_email, and private_key into apps/api/.env as FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID, FIREBASE_CLIENT_EMAIL, and FIREBASE_PRIVATE_KEY, then delete the downloaded JSON file. Never commit it.
4. Confirm the Email/Password provider is enabled under Authentication > Sign-in method (this is a one-time, project-level setting, not per-dev).
5. Confirm the Storage bucket exists, then paste the contents of the repository's storage.rules into its Rules tab and publish (also one-time, project-level).

Team workflow

• Branch names follow feat/PIT-XX-description for feature work unless the ticket calls for a different prefix.
• Open a pull request against the default branch when the ticket is ready for review.
• Ask for review from the team members responsible for the affected area and wait for approval before merging.

Definition of done for repository-level setup work:

• The local database starts with pnpm db:up.
• pnpm install completes and installs the Git hooks automatically.
• pnpm dev starts both apps on the documented ports.
• pnpm format:check, pnpm lint, pnpm check-types, pnpm test, and pnpm build pass from the repository root.

Commands

Run these commands from the repository root.

Command	Purpose
pnpm dev	Run all development servers.
pnpm dev:web	Run only the web application.
pnpm dev:api	Run only the API.
pnpm test	Run workspace tests.
pnpm build	Build all applications in dependency order.
pnpm check-types	Type-check all workspace packages.
pnpm db:up	Start the local PostgreSQL container.
pnpm db:down	Stop the local PostgreSQL container (keeps its data volume).
pnpm lint	Check the repository with Oxlint.
pnpm lint:fix	Apply Oxlint autofixes where available.
pnpm format	Format files in place with Oxfmt.
pnpm format:check	Verify formatting without modifying files.
pnpm db:generate	Generate Prisma Client from the current schema.
pnpm db:migrate	Apply committed migrations and create migrations for schema changes.
pnpm db:studio	Open Prisma Studio for the local database.

API-specific Jest commands:

pnpm --filter api test
pnpm --filter api test:watch
pnpm --filter api test:cov
pnpm --filter api test:e2e

Pre-commit hook

pnpm install runs the prepare script, which installs Husky hooks locally. The pre-commit hook uses lint-staged to:

• format staged code and docs with Oxfmt
• lint staged JavaScript and TypeScript files with Oxlint autofix

Environment variables

Each app has its own .env.example — everything lives in apps/api/.env and apps/web/.env, there is no root .env. Copy both as shown in Getting started.

apps/api/.env — read by the API and Prisma directly, and by docker compose (via --env-file apps/api/.env, passed by the pnpm db:up/pnpm db:down scripts) to interpolate POSTGRES_USER, POSTGRES_PASSWORD, POSTGRES_DB, and the host port in docker-compose.yml. DATABASE_URL must be built by hand from those same values, since nothing keeps DATABASE_URL and the POSTGRES_* vars in sync automatically:

POSTGRES_USER=pitstop
POSTGRES_PASSWORD=pitstop
POSTGRES_DB=pitstop
POSTGRES_PORT=5433
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://pitstop:pitstop@localhost:5433/pitstop

POSTGRES_PORT here drives both DATABASE_URL and the container's actual host port, via docker-compose.yml's interpolation (see Local database) — keep them in sync by hand if you change one.

PORT is optional and defaults to 3001:

PORT=4000 pnpm dev:api

It also holds the Firebase Admin credentials, FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID, FIREBASE_CLIENT_EMAIL, and FIREBASE_PRIVATE_KEY:

FIREBASE_PRIVATE_KEY="-----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----\nMIIEvQ...\n-----END PRIVATE KEY-----\n"

Paste the private key exactly as it appears in the downloaded service-account JSON (a single-line, quoted string with literal \n sequences); the code unescapes them at startup. See Firebase setup for where to get these values.

apps/web/.env — read by Vite (default envDir, so nothing beyond this file needs configuring). VITE_API_URL points the shared Axios client to the API and defaults to http://localhost:3001 in .env.example. The file also holds the web Firebase config: VITE_FIREBASE_API_KEY, VITE_FIREBASE_AUTH_DOMAIN, VITE_FIREBASE_PROJECT_ID, VITE_FIREBASE_STORAGE_BUCKET, VITE_FIREBASE_MESSAGING_SENDER_ID, and VITE_FIREBASE_APP_ID. See Firebase setup for where to get these values.

Turborepo treats .env* files as build inputs. Keep local secrets in ignored .env files; never commit them.

Database workflow

Run Prisma commands from the repository root. After changing files under apps/api/prisma, create and apply the migration with pnpm db:migrate, then commit the generated migration directory with the schema change. Run pnpm db:generate whenever you need to regenerate Prisma Client without creating a migration.

Use pnpm db:studio to inspect local data in Prisma Studio. The command reads DATABASE_URL from apps/api/.env and remains running until you stop it.