@expo/metro-config can't find expo-asset with pnpm

[byCedric]

Summary

EAS CLI executes the @expo/cli in an interesting way, which seems incompatible with isolated modules. TL;DR;

• When EAS CLI needs to execute the Expo CLI, it fully resolves the path to the binary.
• When the binary path is resolved, it executes it directly (e.g. /<path>/node_modules/<expo-path>/bin/cli)
• This seems to be incorrect when using isolated modules, as this changes the accessible context from "all node_modules which are installed in the project" to "only node_modules of expo"

This method of interacting with the Expo CLI seems not correct, as users would normally use it like:

• bun expo export ...
• yarn expo export ...
• npx expo export ...
• pnpm expo export ...

What platform(s) does this occur on?

Android, iOS, Web

SDK Version

50.0.0

Environment

  expo-env-info 1.0.5 environment info:
    System:
      OS: macOS 14.1.2
      Shell: 5.9 - /opt/homebrew/bin/zsh
    Binaries:
      Node: 20.10.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v20.10.0/bin/node
      Yarn: 1.22.21 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v20.10.0/bin/yarn
      npm: 10.2.4 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v20.10.0/bin/npm
    Managers:
      CocoaPods: 1.13.0 - /Users/cedric/.rvm/gems/ruby-2.7.4/bin/pod
    SDKs:
      iOS SDK:
        Platforms: DriverKit 23.0, iOS 17.0, macOS 14.0, tvOS 17.0, watchOS 10.0
      Android SDK:
        API Levels: 31, 33, 33
        Build Tools: 30.0.2, 30.0.3, 31.0.0, 33.0.0, 33.0.1
        System Images: android-30 | Google APIs ARM 64 v8a, android-31 | Google APIs ARM 64 v8a, android-33 | Google APIs ARM 64 v8a
    IDEs:
      Android Studio: 2022.1 AI-221.6008.13.2211.9477386
      Xcode: 15.0.1/15A507 - /usr/bin/xcodebuild
    npmPackages:
      babel-preset-expo: ~10.0.0 => 10.0.0 
      expo: 50.0.0-beta.0 => 50.0.0-beta.0 
      react: 18.2.0 => 18.2.0 
      react-dom: 18.2.0 => 18.2.0 
      react-native: 0.73.0 => 0.73.0 
      react-native-web: ~0.19.6 => 0.19.6 
    npmGlobalPackages:
      eas-cli: 5.9.1
    Expo Workflow: managed

Minimal reproducible example

• $ git clone git@github.com:byCedric/expo-monorepo-example.git ./issue-2150
• $ cd ./issue-2150
• $ git checkout issues/eas/2150
• $ pnpm install
• $ cd apps/mobile
• $ eas update --branch issue-eas-2150 --message "Test issue 2150"

The above command sequence fails with the error listed above.