Request: Please add a electron-forge doctor command

[deepak]

Facing an issue on Windows 10

Not sure of the solution, but i will try re-installing node and elecron-forge later
installing electron-forge again did not solve the issue

I think it wold be a good idea to add a electron-forge doctor command to lint for common issues such as

• .compilerc file not being present
• sha of the dependencies is the node_modules folder

Proposal is similar to "brew doctor" command in homebrew

[MarshallOfSound]

I believe this is out of scope for electron-forge. To verify dependencies you should use your package manager (npm or yarn) and the .compilerc is technically optional. Important to realize the electron-forge is not a package manager.

Happy for someone to override me on this but I believe this is out of scope.

[deepak]

@MarshallOfSound thanks for answering :-)

maybe a better question to ask is, why this and such a problem can occur ?
not sure

To verify dependencies you should use your package manager (npm or yarn)

How to use npm or yarn for that ?
also can npm protect me against a corrupted .compilerc file or any of the dependencies ?

Important to realize the electron-forge is not a package manager

I only gave homebrew as an example.
I think hombrew provides that option, only because no one else can.
and because their users would be asking why homebrew is not working for them in some weird case
and "homebrew doctor" only raises the most common problems
people still face problems

but agree that the doctor command is essential for hombrew, where third-party packages are being installed. but so much for electron-forge

electron-forge is not a package manager, but it is:

• compiling packages
• packaging into an electron app

so some means to checking the dependencies would be nice

also am saying, for me electron-forge is like homebrew
ie. it is my only point of contact about electron
like homebrew, i am interacting only with electron-forge

also, can i can ask npm if:

• all the dependencies of electron-forge and it dependencies-dependencies etc are correct
• an optional .compilerc is correct or not
• etc not even sure what other checks are there

so am suggesting that electron-forge must have that check
maybe electron-forge and its chain of dependencies all must have a "doctor" script.

such a check would be nice, not sure who or even if it should be provided

if that is out of scope, maybe an electron-forge test command
which has a sample electron app, and test cases which can be run against it