aube install in a non-member subdirectory installs the ancestor workspace root

[mwolson]

• Repo: https://github.com/mwolson/tmp-aube-issues
• Case: nonmember-subdir-installs-workspace-root
• aube: 2.8.0 linux-x64 (2026-10-19) (also 2.7.2)

When a project sits below a settings-only aube-workspace.yaml or pnpm-workspace.yaml (no packages list), running aube install in that project installs the ancestor root instead of the current project. pnpm installs the subdirectory on its own, and also has --ignore-workspace for this case, which aube does not offer.

pnpm 12.14.0 install in sub/ under a root pnpm-workspace.yaml: installs sub
aube 2.8.0 linux-x64 (2026-10-19) install in sub/ under a root aube-workspace.yaml: installs root
aube 2.8.0 linux-x64 (2026-10-19) install in sub/ under a root pnpm-workspace.yaml: installs root
aube install --ignore-workspace: not available (pnpm has it)

PNPM_BIN=/path/to/real/pnpm ./repro.sh

I found this in a repo that keeps vendored tree-sitter grammar checkouts as submodules. Its root aube-workspace.yaml only holds settings such as allowBuilds. Running npm ci in one grammar checkout, routed to aube through a shim, deleted and rebuilt the parent repo's node_modules with the hoisted linker instead of installing the grammar's own dependencies.

[jdx]

Thanks for the report. A project below a settings-only aube-workspace.yaml / pnpm-workspace.yaml is not a workspace member, so aube install there now installs that directory on its own, as pnpm does. --ignore-workspace also now works: it skips workspace-root discovery and uses the nearest package.json. Fix: #1787

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[mwolson]

Retested with aube 2.8.1 linux-x64 (2026-10-20):

• Repo: https://github.com/mwolson/tmp-aube-issues
• Case: nonmember-subdir-installs-workspace-root

PNPM_BIN=/path/to/real/pnpm ./repro.sh

It now exits 0 with native pnpm 12.14.0 as the control. aube install in sub/ installs that project on its own below both a settings-only aube-workspace.yaml and pnpm-workspace.yaml, and --ignore-workspace is available.

Fix shipped in aube 2.8.1 via #1787. Marking your reply as the answer.